By LISA CAPOBIANCO STAFF WRITER Bristol’s Head Start program has kicked off the new school year offering families an extended day and a longer school year. The program officially reopened last Tuesday at both its Lake Avenue and South Street locations here in Bristol. Since July 1, Community Renewal Team began operating Bristol’s Head Start program. These four classrooms were initially operated by Bristol Community Organization (BCO) as a delegate under CRT. But the new contract from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services solely awards the contract to CRT, one of the largest preschool systems in Connecticut that provides Head Start, child care and infant/toddler programs to over 1,100 children in eight communities. This size allows CRT to hire specialists in parent engagement, preschool mental health, disabilities and more, offering families a variety of services. Three classrooms now will run for 52 weeks and one classroom for 36 weeks, with two rooms open for seven hours a day and another two rooms open 10 hours a day for working families. Recently, Mayor Ken Cockayne visited the classrooms, where he interacted with one group of children during storytime. Before the new school year began, the classrooms underwent a number […]
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