Head Start to reduce services to Copper Corridor
Pretend play is one of the skills that children attending Head Start are encouraged to explore./CopperArea.com
Late last week, educators and town officials throughout the Copper Corridor were stunned to learn that Pinal-Gila Community Child Services (PGCCS) would be closing Head Start preschools beginning with the 2019-20 school year.
Superior town and school officials learned of the planned closure of the Superior Head Start when a member of the community approached the town manager and informed him. He immediately contacted Superior Mayor Mila Besich with the news. Besich is also a member of the Superior Unified School District Governing Board.
In an email to Charity Russell, Chief Executive Officer of PGCCS, Besich expressed her outrage that the information about the closure didn’t come from the organization.
