Porter-Leath is adding 200 Head Start seats. It wants to compete for even more.
Alice Holman (in a file photo) helped pupils read aloud in a small group during pre-k at Porter-Leath's Douglas Head Start School on April 23, 2019. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Porter-Leath is bringing Head Start preschool programming back to Millington, and it appears poised to compete for the 3,200 Head Start seats currently with MSCS this fall.
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Laura Testino
Laura Testino is an enterprise reporter who writes about how public policy shapes Memphis. She is currently reporting from Frayser about education and housing. Please write her with your suggestions and story tips.
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