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Cherokee Head Start endangered by federal shutdown

By Mark Woolsey
Oct 3, 2013

Three Cherokee County preschools will shut down after classes Friday, unless the federal government shutdown ends or some other federal action restores funding. The Head Start Programs at the Ralph Bunche Center, Little River Pre-K and Oak Grove Pre-K use teachers and support staff paid with federal money, said Cherokee Head Start Principal Donna Adams.

-Mark Woolsey for the AJC

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