Hillsboro Early Childhood Programs

The Hillsboro Early Childhood Programs are funded by a grant from the Illinois State Board of Education, and may enroll children for any number of reasons as determined by a trained screening team and criteria set by the State Board.
The Pre-Kindergarten grant has grown immensely since its first years beginning in 1986, with Sharon Winnett as Program Director for 16 years. Current director, Francine Luckett, has been with the program since 1992, and Programs Director since 2002. There are 22 staff members serving 174 children in 6 classrooms, at 4 locations: Witt Elementary School, Coffeen Elementary School, and Hillsboro Community Child Development Center on the Hillsboro Area Hospital grounds, and Head Start/Pre-K at Beckemeyer School.

The Pre-Kindergarten classrooms fully include ALL children with delays or disabilities, sharing staff and services with Early Childhood Special Education.

In addition, the grant provides a Birth to Three Years Program designed to support and provide resources to parents of children under 3 years. Through this program children have an opportunity to play with others when their parents bring them to playgroups, library story times, picnics, gym nights, parent workshops, and field trips.

The Early Childhood Programs can be contacted for further information by calling our Coffeen site at (217) 534-2314. Fax number is (217) 534-6088.

Pre-Kindergarten Staff members include:


March Parent Pages	March Calendar
Family Fun Nights	PACT Fridays
Special Events	Parent Workshops
Field Trips	Daily Classroom Activities
Head Start/PreK Learning Activities


Francine Luckett Earlly Childhood Programs Director	Kathy Howard Parenting Resource	Jerilyn Miller Birth-3 Education	Lisa Isaak Early Childhood Special Education	Alycia Morford Classroom Teacher


Debbie Atkins Classroom Teacher	Sarah VanMiddendorp Clasroom Teacher	Marci Gutierrez Classroom Teacher	Lynn Rivas Classroom Teacher	Charity Russell Head Start Classrooom Teacher


Debbi Keillor Classroom Teacher	Jeanne Winkler Speech/Language Therapist	Barb Winkler Parent Education Clerk	Aggie Huston Classroom Assistant Lending Library Clerk	Maribeth Rahe Lending Library Clerk


Erin Sabol Classroom Assistant	Chris Ferrill Classroom Assistant	Bev Kenny Classroom Assistant	Judy Williams Classroom Assistant	Brenda Maretti Classroom Assistant


Diana Putnam Classroom Assistant	Monica Matthews Head Start Classroom Assistant