Addie Mae Collins 2

Addie Mae Collins Head Start 2 offers a cheery refuge for children, with lots of trips to zoos and farms, experienced teachers and a long history of serving the community.

The classrooms are in a housing project. Unfortunately, the immediate neighborhood is too dangerous for children to play outside, so for recess they must walk with their teachers a few blocks away to a safe park, Director Dianne Spann said in a telephone interview.

ADMISSIONS: Limited to children from low-income families. (Clara Hemphill, telephone interview, August 2014)