OPPOSITION GROWS TO GOP PLAN TO DISMANTLE HEAD START

WASHINGTON, D.C.///May 22, 2003///Dozens of editorials and op-ed articles have appeared across America in opposition to the controversial GOP plan endangering Head Start services for nearly 1 million at-risk American children. In addition to what you see below, NHSA can provide you with the text of editorials and opinion columns that have appeared in recent weeks in the Detroit Free Press, Omaha World-Herald, Buffalo News and the Spokane Spokesman-Review.

• (Salinas) Californian ?ush Plan Messes With Success
  http://www.californianonline.com/news/stories/
  20030522/opinion/345701.html.
• Seattle Post Intelligencer "Fund Head Start, Don't Restructure"
  http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/
  119299_headed.html.
• Charlotte Observer "Head Start Successful Without State Control"
  http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/
  news/5847474.htm.
• Troy Record ?resident Should Leave Head Start Alone?br> http://www.troyrecord.com/site/news.cfm?
  BRD=1170&dept_id=7018&newsid=8088398&
  PAG=461&rfi=9.
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Taking the 'C' (Cash) Out of the ABCs"
  http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/
  stories.nsf/news/E4A9562A09
  CB149386256D1B0031AD54
  ?OpenDocument&highlight=2%2CHead%2CStart&headline=Taking+the+%22C%22+(cash)+out+of+the+ABCs
• Memphis Commercial Appeal ?pinion: How Far We've Come Since 9/11"
  http://www.gomemphis.com/mca/
  opinion_columnists/article/
  0,1426,MCA_539_1898743,00.html
• Battle Creek Enquirer ?ead Start Needs To Stay Intact?br> http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/
  news/stories/20030518/opinion/320244.html
• Wilkes-Barres (PA) Citizen's Voice "Editorial: Head Start Excels; Don't Endanger It"
  http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?
  newsid=7721434&BRD=2259&PAG=461&dept_
  id=455154&rfi=8.
• Brattleboro (VT) Reformer: "The Head Start Shell Game"
  http://www.reformer.com/Stories/
  0,1413,102~8854~1331566,00.html

CONTACT: Christine Kraly, for NHSA, (703) 276-3258 or ckraly@hastingsgroup.com.