Locations & Schedule
Classroom Locations
Rutland County Head Start offers a school day program (8-2) Monday – Friday part-year program and a part day Monday – Thursday, part year program at its main facility in Rutland City. Rutland County Head Start operates classrooms in other locations, with its focus of operations in Rutland City, the county's largest population center.
All Rutland City classrooms are located on convenient public transportation routes served by The Bus.
We are very fortunate to be raising children during an amazing time, in a beautiful place when so many state-of-the-art resources are available for rural communities. Head Start is just one of them.
Meadow Street Center
Head Start | Qualified Public Pre-K
Head Start
78 Meadow Street
Rutland, VT 05701
Pawlet Early Education
Head Start | Qualified Public Pre-K
Mettawee Community School
5788 Vt Route 153
West Pawlet, VT 05775
Rutland City
School Day Option
September – Mid June
Monday – Friday | 8:00am – 2:00pm
School vacations align closely with Rutland City Schools
Part Day Option
September – Mid June
Monday – Thursday | 8:00am – 12:00pm
School vacations align closely with Rutland City Schools
Pawlet Early Education
September – Mid June
Monday – Thursday
School vacations align with the Mettawee Community Schools.
5-STARS Award Recipients
Our Childcare programs are accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children and have been awarded 5-STARS from the Vermont Child Development Division.
NAEYC-accredited • Qualified Public Pre-K Provider • Licensed Vermont Center Based Child Care and Preschool Programs (CBCCPP)
About the Locations
2022-2023 Schedule
Meadow Street
The main center, located on Meadow Street in Rutland City, houses five classrooms. Head Start services are provided in a part-day, part-year format from September through May. All classrooms include extended-day, year-round childcare services Monday through Friday. The Meadow Street site is NAEYC-accredited, has a 5 STARS rating from the Vermont Child Development Division and is Qualified Public Pre-K Provider.
Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union
RCHS collaborates with BRSU, with part-day, part-year Head Start services at the Mettawee Community School Early Essential Education classroom in Pawlet, Vermont.
We also collaborate with many Rutland County early education programs to provide comprehensive center-based preschool experiences for low-income families, and services for Head Start children with disabilities. RCHS has agreements to coordinate disabilities services with all seven Local Education Agencies in Rutland County: Rutland Central Supervisory Union, Rutland South Supervisory Union, Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union, Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union, Rutland Southwest Supervisory Union, Addison-Rutland Supervisory Union, and Rutland City Public Schools.
Important Dates
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