NPPS: A Plan for Supporting

The Needs of All Children

Presented by:

Dr. Midge Mougey, Mr. Mike McPherronMs. Glennesia Profit, Mrs. Kim Cooper

Does North Platte have families whose needs are not

being met?Demographics for:

Lincoln CountyNorth Platte Public Schools

Title 1 Buildings

Demographics of Area

Community Needs• Attending

Preschool• Jefferson=42%• Buffalo = 50%• Lincoln=44%• Average=45%

• Non-Title Buildings• High=89% @ Osgood• Low=64% @ Hall• Average=76%

Is Preschool Experience Valued?

Barriers to Preschool Attendance

1. Too expensive2. None in our area3. No transportation4. Unreliable transportation5. Scheduling conflicts6. Child not ready for school

Barriers to Preschool Attendance:

1. Too expensivePreschool experience for 4-year olds runs

from $80-$115

For families making minimum wage, preschool may be cost prohibitive.

($5.85 X 40 hrs=$234/week or $930/month)

Barriers to Preschool Attendance:

2. None in our area

Buffalo area = 0Lincoln area = 0

Jefferson area = ORL Preschool($85/month + $35 snack

fee=$800/year)

Reality of Kindergarten in 2007

Standards have changed a lot of things for Kindergarten learners:**Higher expectations of prelearning**Social Skills prior to entry**Behaviors of sharing and cooperating**More academic

Students without preschool are at a tremendousdisadvantage!!

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One of the greatest predictors of school success

is LANGUAGE and early exposure to the written word.

30 million word differential

By age 3, children in homes of poverty have been

exposed to 30 million less words than children growing

up in homes of wealth.

By age 4:Cumulative words per hour:

Homes of Poverty=500Middle Class Homes=1300Homes of professionals/wealth=2300

Comparisons of exposures/experiences with

language

Types of “WORDS” per hour:

We’re all in this

together!!