Head Start Centers Feeling 'Sequester' Pain
Teacher Kim Moore works with Janiya Hobby at the Claxton-West Head Start Center, in Knoxville, Tenn. Automatic
federal budget cuts under sequestration are being felt at Head Start centers in Knoxville and elsewhere across the country.
—Shawn Poynter for Education Week
Federal aid cutbacks affect students, staff
May 14, 2013
When the automatic federal budget cuts known as sequestration went into effect in March, Margaret Molloy and her staff at a Head Start agency in the Tucson, Ariz., area started looking for places to make cuts.
Child-Parent Centers Inc., which oversees 40 centers serving nearly 2,800 children in the southeastern part of the state, made plans to scale back on classroom supplies, learning materials, and conference travel. Some center maintenance, such as painting, would be deferred the upcoming school year.
But with personnel costs taking up the largest share of the agency's budget, the ...
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