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Monday, August 25, 2008

First refugee pre-k opens

Georgia now has its first pre-Kindergarten program designed just for children of refugees. Refugee Family Services is in Stone Mountain. The 20 children in the program are from nine different countries, and about 40 percent of them speak little or no English. The school's director says refugee children face specific challenges as they enter the school system.

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