Head Start Director Resigns

Windy M. Hill, whose tenure as the federal Head Start director was marked by fierce fire from the main advocacy group for the preschool program, resigned from that job May 27.

A statement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the program’s parent agency, said that Ms. Hill’s resignation would be effective immediately, but did not give a reason for her departure. An e-mail Ms. Hill sent to staff members said she planned to spend more time with her family and pursue new options.

The National Head Start Association, an Alexandria, Va.-based group representing teachers and families of children in the program, accused Ms. Hill more than a year ago of inappropriate conduct in her previous job at a local Head Start program. Before taking over the helm of the federal program in January 2002, Ms. Hill was the director of Cen-Tex Family Services Inc., a Head Start agency...