Santa Clara County teachers and local leaders are warning of chaos after mass layoffs have decimated a critical preschool program for families living in poverty, known as Head Start. Head Start staff received pink slips around March 15 amid uncertainty as to whether the federal program under the Trump administration will reimburse the Santa Clara County Office of Education for the costs. The education office’s top officials have publicly expressed confidence the grant funding will be renewed, but said they can’t hire staff for the next school year without that guarantee. Jennifer Gravem, a spokesperson for Interim Superintendent Charles Hinman’s…
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