I’m not sure about other Head Start programs (they’re like franchises, I suppose), but the one run by my city has done a lot of good to my special-needs grandson. His parents are not on welfare. His gradparents are not on welfare. We all work. The kid qualified because even if he’s a brilliant kid, he can’t talk. Head Start is not just day care. They arranged for our kid to receive speech and occupational therapy in addition to their normal curriculum, and he’s doing great. He is now ready and has been accepted in a private school which he starts in the fall and will cost us a pretty penny. If it weren’t for Head Start it would have taken far longer for the kid to be ready for an actual school.
And no, we don’t pay for it. But the parents that can, buy materials that are needed and volunteer to help the teachers.
Again, this particular Head Start run by this particular city, IMHO, works.
I am sorry if I may have offended you. It looks as though you have gotten a rare and wonderful situation. My experience with similar programs (as a teacher, both paid and volunteer) have been quite different, but I am very happy that you have been blessed in this way.
I don’t give a CRAP if I have “Offended” “You”... My “Give a Crap Meter” is BROKE! So STICK IT!