Dear Editor: We Can't Lose Head Start

Dear Director, Policy Members, and Board Members of Rocky Mountain Head Start, (and Ledger Editor),

My name is Melissa Einboden, and I am writing to you today not only as a mother, but as someone whose life-and whose family-has been deeply impacted by the Head Start program. I hope you'll take a moment to read our story, because it speaks to how truly powerful and essential this program is for families like mine.

When my youngest son, Ryder, was a baby, I was working a demanding, high-stress job. Though I was providing for my family, I wasn't present the way I wanted to be. For nearly the firs...