Head Start to remain under leadership of Harris County Department of Education

help our kids eight eith a earlier start.

As a mother of two preschool age children, I ask you to reconsider defunding Head Start. There are many studies that prove the value of early childhood education. The more these programs are funded, the less we as taxpayers will have to pay in the future. Support the future of Texas!

I planned on my kids starting off there!

Please keep Early Childhood Education!

Please keep HeadStart programs active in Harris Co. HeadStart is one of the investments we can make with public money. Early intervention with children time and again leads to substantially better performance in later years. By keeping HeadStart in place, we provide the children of Harris Co. a fair and equitable chance to realize their full potential. Please do not end these valuable programs throughout our community.

Please don't shut it down Baytown needs it.

We need this program. Please keep head start.

My daughter Aaliyah Milligan attended Dogan head start 2 yes straight because she started at 3. My daughter is now 6 and biligual in Spanish. We have moved to Baytown where she currently attends Carved Elem. Aaliyah reads on a first grade level but is in kinder. She might be skipped to second. Head start is THE REASON!

Keep head start open

My daughter went to the HS program in Alief, and it was great. there should be more students that can get the ability to go to the HS program as they do very well for the children's future school life.

Continue head start, my oldest daughter was in head start about 18 years ago, she loved it!

Headstart is the best thing I could have ever done by putting my child there so she wouldn't miss one year of school. I love the headstart program, my daughter loves it too. She has learned so much just in these couple of months she has been attending. The teachers and staff are awesome. Please don't shut it down!!!

I became acquainted with Headstart when I got custody of my grandchildren. Two of them went through the program and I believed in it so much that I went to work for them as a teachers assistant. I enjoy my job and being able to educate the amazing minds of my students.

HCDE's Area 1 Head Start program provides services not only for the children in the northeast quadrant of Harris County, but also for their entire family. This is a school readiness program for children from birth through the age of five that also provides ongoing parent education opportunities. It also connects the entire family with community health and well-being programs. Parents have the opportunity to participate in the overall program governance. It is absolutely necessary for this Head Start program to remain under the Harris County Department of Education.

I have three children that has attended headstart. My kids have benefited from this program. My 4 year old, really enjoys head start and learns enormous amount. This really breaks my heart to know that early education would be taken away from young children. Education is the key to success and should be implemented. So why shut down head start, children are our future and we should provide the best education.

Why not educate the young? Half of these headstart students come from low income homes. They trying to educate their kids early on to give them a better future and you want to take away the program. I don't understand why Wolf want to seat on HCDE board but want to see HCDE headstart demolished!!! Give up your seat and give it to someone that wants what's best for our kids future!

One of the most important educational programs in practice. Please vote to continue it!!!!

It's a Great program

I believe in the mission and vision of our program and in the important purpose of our job: the children's education.

I encourage these programs to all parents! My daughter was able to to attend pre-k headstart in 2009 and I was very pleased with everything about the program. I now have a 2 year old whom I would love to have the same experience his sister did.