The South Carolina News – NICOLE CARTRETTE
“In the second year of a five-year plan aimed at expanding and improving early childhood education in Florence School District 1, officials say they are meeting and in some instances exceeding goals. In 2013, the district provided early childhood services to 325 children , but today the district has expanded its services and is serving more than 600 students who participate in pre-K programs , and that’s the plan. In 2013, the Florence 1 board took what was considered a groundbreaking vote to step up efforts to better prepare children before they enter kindergarten. The written plan included a combination of home-based and center-based program implementations and expansions. “The value for children and families was obvious,” said Floyd Creech, director of the district’s School Readiness Program.”(more)