What Difference Have We Made?

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Over 250 students have been impacted by the initiative, the vast majority for more than one year

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Over half of these students are classified as educationally at-risk due to demographic and/or environmental factors

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Nearly 80,000 hours of quality preschool education have been provided to students whose families could not afford these hours

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Students educationally at-risk experienced the greatest percentage of these initiative-funded hours

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Kindergarten readiness has increased by 20% with the most dramatic improvements seen in student literacy – a key element of future school success

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In 2019, 96% of students attending these pre-school programs for at least a year were assessed as fully prepared for Kindergarten