Early Head Start funding stirs embers of SCS-Porter-Leath friction
Porter-Leath Early Childhood Academy student Kingston W., 2, colors with his classmates on July 13, 2021, in Frasyer. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The SCS sub-contract with Porter-Leath for Head Start services was abruptly terminated this summer with each entity going its own way in providing the services. But county commissioners heard a lot of opposition from SCS about Early Head Start funding to the nonprofit Monday.
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