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• Head Start locations in EBR closed Thursday for maintenance and repair work Play Video

  August 19, 2021 9:56 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Head Start locations across East Baton Rouge Parish are closed Thursday to allow for maintenance and repair work to each center's air conditioning. According to a news release from the Office of EBR Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome, the decision to close each location was made "o... more »

• EBR Head Start to delay in-person classes until 2021

  August 25, 2020 7:10 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The youngest students in East Baton Rouge will delay in-person education until 2021. The city announced the East Baton Rouge Parish Head Start Program will delay face-to-face classroom instruction until COVID-19 cases stabilize in East Baton Rouge Parish. The program will provide virtual services beginning September... more »

• Select EBR Head Start Centers to distribute breakfast/lunch to families

  March 19, 2020 5:29 AM

  BATON ROUGE - As schools throughout EBR Parish remain closed due to the spread of novel coronavirus officials want to ensure that children who depend on free school meals have enough to eat during the emergency closure. For this reason, the East Baton Rouge Parish Head Start Program will... more »

• LDOE urges parents to keep kids home from private daycares

  March 15, 2020 10:49 PM

  BATON ROUGE - With the temporary closing of all the public schools in Louisiana the state's department of education is urging parents to keep their kids home if they attend a private daycare facility. The Louisiana Department of Education tweeted on Saturday afternoon that even though the emergency proclamation... more »

• Head Start employees investigated for fraud Play Video

  August 19, 2015 8:04 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Eighty-one Head Start employees were paid $110,978 in unemployment benefits while employed, according to a city-parish internal audit. Officials say most the over payments were accidental, but some individuals are being investigated for fraud. The over-payments occurred during a three year period from 2012 to 2014.... more »