Knoxville Head Start - Claxton (Off Western Ave.)

The Claxton center off Western Avenue is one of the Knoxville-Knox County Head Start locations, serving low-income families and children with special needs. Head Start here covers a preschool program for ages 3 to 5, a childcare program for infants and toddlers under 3, and home visits that bring learning into the family's home. Hours of service are typically 7:45 to 11:45 a.m. or 12:15 to 4:15 p.m., and transportation is provided. Enrolled children get free breakfast, lunch and snacks, plus health, mental health and family services. Teachers use a creative curriculum, and multilingual children are helped to learn English while keeping their home language. Families whose child cannot be placed right away go onto a waiting list. Applications start with an interest form, available in English and Spanish. Rated 3.5 from 10 Google reviews, 5 of them five stars and 3 of them one star.