THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1978
Page 9
Head Start a hit
I One of the reasons the economy of Bryan-
College Station is booming is the rash of con
struction projects around the area. This pro-
Battalion photo by Steve Lee
ject is the Bryan Building and Loan (BB&L)
building near the corner of Villa Maria and
Texas Avenue in Bryan.
By STEVE LEE
Battalion Reporter
Both A&M Consolidated and
Bryan school districts believe in giv
ing certain pre-school children a
head start before entering kinder
garten .
In fact, “Head Start” is the name
of a program implemented by both
school districts, designed to give
disadvantaged children preparation
for elementary school.
The program is funded by the
Department of Health, Education
and Welfare with funds from the Of
fice of Child and Human Develop
ment in Dallas.
The two school districts share the
money, with Consolidated being the
grantee agency and Bryan the dele
gate agency.
For this fiscal year, the total fig
ure given to the districts for Head
Start is in excess of $150,000. Ap
proximately $70,000 of that is sent
to the Bryan school district, says Dr.
H.R. Burnett, assistant superinten
dent of Consolidated.
The children in the program usu
ally start at age three and continue
two years to facilitate a smooth entry
into kindergarten.
To determine eligibility, the chil
dren from both school districts are
screened to ascertain if they are
from families that are economically
deprived or without the benefit of
education. Physically and mentally
handicapped children are also
screened for inclusion.
No more than 10 percent of the
students can be from higher-income
families. There are 16 handicapped
students enrolled at Consolidated
with seven of those being from
higher-income families.
Burnett outlined four purposes of
the program—to provide educa
tional development, health services,
nutritional information and to en
courage parental involvement.
Bryan holds an eight-week sum
mer session for Head Start children
with half-day classes.
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-CS unemployment among nation’s lowest
By CHARLES HARPER
Battalion Reporter
Probably a lot of folks still think of
Iryan-College Station as a whistle
|op and a collection of small shops.
In truth, the area is a growing
” letroplex with an economy to
latch.
In June, figures form the De-
artment of Labor, published
bough the Texas Employment
ommission, show employment in
lie area up II percent over the last
, ij^eaF O il. Patterson, labor market
an ^ Analyst for TEC, says even at these
Btes the labor force does not meet
lie community’s demand.
On the other hand, the un-
imployed in the Brazos county area
vere estimated to comprise 3.5 per
mit of the labor force, according to
TEC sources. The figure is down
rom last year’s rate of 4.7 percent.
Current figures are lower than
loth state and national figures 5.2
ind 6.3 percent, respectively. In
1977 as a whole, Bryan-College Sta
llion ranked fourth lowest nation
wide in umemployment.
However, per capita income of
Bryan-College Station ranked 258th
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out of 265, was among the lowest in
the nation.
Sources at the State Comptrol
lers office credit this low figure to
the fact that the student population,
consisting largely of non-wage ear
ners, is counted in the local census.
Since the per capita figure is de
rived by dividing annual personal
income by total population of an
area, this would produce a mislead
ingly low per capita income.
Figures compiled by the U.S.
Bureau of Statistics indicate that
Bryan-College Station is a good
place to do business—for some
businesses. Those enjoying the
greatest amount of prosperity are
non-manufacturing businesses, with
eating and drinking places at the top
and insurance and mining compan
ies among those doing the least
business.
In the first quarter of 1977 places
to buy food and-or drink had a
gross income of almost $7 million,
according to Department of Com
merce figures published by the state
comptroller’s office. Food stores
were next, doing a whopping $16
million business.
Many local bankers say that al
though the oil industry’s entry to
the local community may have sig
nificant results in the long run,
much of the economy still hinges on
Texas A&M University.
Bankers say that business has
been booming,, but will probably
level off. One banker went so far as
to say that the local economic wel
fare is directly related to the en
rollment at Texas A&M.
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