Amanda Geduld, The 74

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Most Mondays, Shannon Price arrives at school and gets her 17 Head Start preschoolers ready for their morning activities, typically lessons on how to grip a pencil and write their first names. It is work she loves and feels deeply committed to, not only as a teacher, but also as a former Head Start kid and parent herself.

But this Monday, she won’t have a classroom to go to.

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That’s because the ongoing government shutdown has forced her Highland County, Ohio, program to shutter, impacting 177 kids and 45 staffers. Across the state, at least three providers will close their doors, cutting off services to at least 1,000

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