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Today is the last day for Head Start programs

Doors to close Monday as shutdown continues

The E.E. Butler Head Start on Athens Street in Gainesville will close on Monday due to the government shutdown. - photo by NAT GURLEY

1004headstart 1 — The E.E. Butler Head Start on Athens Street in Gainesville will close on Monday due to the government shutdown. - photo by NAT GURLEY

Head Start assistant teacher Larissa Mathis fought back tears as she thought about her students walking out the door today. “We are educators,” she said. “We do try to teach these children about life and the real world.