Hawaii Preschools See Declines In Enrollment And Available Seats - Honolulu Civil Beat
Hawaii Preschools See Declines In Enrollment And Available Seats
Private pre-kindergarten programs have lost $7 million in tuition as fewer families send children to school, according to the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools. Reading time: 5 minutes.
Buried amid the national conversation around safely reopening K-12 classrooms during the pandemic are the impacts of loss of in-person instruction for the littlest learners: 3- and 4-year-olds attending preschool programs, experts say.
Increased restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus and parental fears have led to diminished capacity for both public and private preschool programs in Hawaii. In some cases, small private child care providers have had to close because they could no longer afford to meet their bottom line, according to new data.
Early Matters Awards Grant To 13 Child Care Programs Monday, February 15, 2021
Thirteen local child care providers can now make capital improvements to increase the quality of their programs, thanks to grants from the Quality Matters Fund. The purpose of the fund, initiated by Early Matters Chattanooga, is to enable child care programs to improve quality or increase the number of available high-quality seats. Early Matters advocates that positive experiences for young children – especially within high-quality early childhood programming – are essential for child health, learning, and overall well-being. Rather than focus solely on creating new child care programs for children, the Quality Matters Fund provides existing early learning programs with one-time capital investments needed to expand access to more families across Chattanooga-Hamilton County, as well as increase the rating of lower quality programs.
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