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18 <br /> <br />standards as determined by multiple, educationally related, objective criteria. Family income, <br />family size and need are also verified. All families are notified of their child’s application status. <br />Applications of children not placed will be maintained on a waiting list for a matching placement <br />that becomes available. <br /> <br />The Title 1 Blended Pre-K program follows the OCS K-12 calendar, operating at a minimum of <br />180 days, and adheres to the K-5 schedule, from 7:30am to 2:50pm. Currently, there is no <br />before or after school extended care available for Pre-K children. <br /> <br />Title 1 Blended Pre-K applications, along with program information are available in English and <br />Spanish for download on the district’s website. Hard copies are available at each OCS <br />elementary school, the OCS Central Office, the OCS Welcome Center, the OC Department of <br />Social Services, the OC Health Department, and the OC Public Library. <br /> <br />The Title 1 Blended Pre-K program currently operates on an annual budget of $980,000 for 68 <br />children. <br />Funding sources are: <br />• NC Pre-K: $230,000 <br />• Federal Title 1: $200,000 <br />• Federal, State and Local Exceptional Children (EC): $504,104 <br />• 2019-2020: we have no tuition families for the 2019-2020 school year. Current tuition is <br />$1,000. <br />• Local Tuition payments, carried over from previous years when tuition was <br />approximately $600: $47,500 <br />OCS currently has 4 Title 1 Blended Pre-K classrooms: 68 children: 52 NC Pre-K and/or Title 1, <br />16 EC placements: <br />1. Central Elementary: 1 classroom: 18 children: 14 are NC Pre-K and/or Title 1, 4 EC <br />placements <br />2. Efland Cheeks Global: 1 classroom: 16 children: 12 are NC Pre-K and/or Title 1, 4 EC <br />placements <br />3. New Hope Elementary: 1 classroom: 18 children: 14 are NC Pre-K and/or Title 1, 4 EC <br />placements <br />4. Pathways Elementary (PES): 1 classroom: 16 children: 12 are NC Pre-K and/or Title 1, 4 <br />EC placements, 2 EC push-in placements (from PES EC Pre-K classrooms and don’t <br />count in our reimbursement) <br /> <br />All licensed Title 1 Blended Pre-K classrooms have 5-star (highest) quality ratings from the NC <br />Division of Child Development and Early Learning. <br /> <br />There are currently 79 age eligible children on the Title 1 Blended Pre-K waiting list for the <br />2019-2020 school year. <br /> <br />EC Pre-K Classrooms <br />OCS also serves two additional EC Pre-K classrooms at PES; each serving up to 10 children, <br />for a total of 20 EC Pre-K placements. <br /> <br />Head Start <br />Head Start is a program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services that <br />provides comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement <br />services to low income children and families. The program's services and resources are