Education
BY ANGELA BONILLA & EMILY LINCKE
Lone Star College OKs couseling program On Feb. 6, the Lone Star College System’s board of trustees unanimously approved the purchase of a comprehensive mental health counseling service program. Long story short According to the board agenda, the mental health counseling service would be a program conducted for three years with Communities in Schools of Houston for $9.5 million from the 2025 budget. Why it matters LSCS requested licensed professional mental health counselors to deliver “emo- tional, psychological and/or behavioral support during a crisis or difficult time for its student body,” according to the Feb. 6 meeting agenda.
Kindergarten readiness
37.9%
Spring ISD pre-K students
82%
15.3%
Spring ISD students who didn't attend pre-K
Students are deemed ready for kindergarten when they exhibit adequate early literacy and reading comprehension skills.
20%
64.9%
Houston region pre-K students
81.7%
40.6%
Houston region students who didn't attend pre-K
English speakers Spanish speakers
35.1%
0%
20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
SOURCE: KINDER INSTITUTE FOR URBAN RESEARCH HOUSTON EDUCATION RESEARCH CONSORTIUM/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Pre-K helps students prepare, study shows Spring ISD’s pre-K program led to higher kinder- garten preparedness and lower chronic absentee- ism for students, according to a study from Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research. The big picture The Houston Education Research Consortium
released research in November about how pre-K participation impacted students at public school districts across the Greater Houston area. In January, SISD released its pre-K program results. SISD students who attended pre-K in the district showed more readiness for kindergarten. Meanwhile, chronic absenteeism was 30.3% for SISD kindergarteners who didn’t attend pre-K compared to 22.4% for those who did. “We have seen the results firsthand, and we are determined to continue making early education a priority for our district,” SISD Superintendent Lupita Hinojosa said via a Jan. 8 news release.
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