School district agrees to operate pre-school program

At the April 25 meeting of the Odessa School Board, the Parent Pre-school Co-operative’s president Stephen Walter expressed his thanks and relief at the board’s decision to incorporate the preschool into the Odessa School District.

Walter said the co-op board wanted the school to take over operation of the pre-school to provide greater stability and less teacher turnover.

Superintendent Suellen White described the proposal in which the district will partner with NEWESD (Educational Services District) 101 to provide preschool sessions to qualifying children under ECEAP (Early Childhood Educatio...