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Some Washington Head Start classrooms are preparing to close as the government shutdown continues.

Roughly 3,000 Washington kids are in Head Start programs whose annual federal funding runs out Friday.

Many of these providers may be able to sustain operations through November using other sources of money, but some are facing closure sooner.

Rekah Strong, the CEO of Educational Opportunities for Children and Families in Southwest Washington, wil

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