Ericka Ventura is parent-leader at Bachman Lake Together, an organization that promotes early education in Dallas.After being dealt a blow by the coronavirus pandemic, pre-kindergarten enrollment in Dallas ISD has started to rebound.
Although still well below pre-pandemic levels, the numbers have reversed in 2020-21, with 10,613 children enrolled in pre-K. A lack of information about how the education system works and the different options that school districts provide, along with the belief by some that their children are too young to attend pre-K, are factors that influence families’ decisions on whether to send their children to school. Different organizations in Dallas are working to correct misinformation., an organization that promotes early education in Dallas.
“With my first child, it was easier for my sister to take care of him because I worked,” Ventura said. “But when he started school, I had a lot of difficulties. He was always crying; he was not very independent.