Homewood District 153 has 124 children who could qualify for its pre-kindergarten at-risk program, but space and money limit the class size to 74 kids. School board members started exploring whether there’s a way to remedy that imbalance.

“The community may not have said ‘Build a pre-K or early childhood center.’ They are saying kids need to be ready. Kids need to thrive in kindergarten … so what can we do to ensure that?” School…


