To the editor:

I am so sorry to see the Early Head Start program go. I am shocked that its value did not withstand budget cuts. When I was a student at Southeast Missouri State University, the EHS program provided my child with the care he needed and myself with the opportunity to finish college. It was a wonderful program for us. Not only did it provide a fully attentive program for my child, it also was of educational value to the students who were pursuing child-care careers. Had it not been for that program, would I have been able to finish college? An opportunity is lost now to parents under similar circumstances. What will the community do to support another program like EHS?

BRANDI MOYERS

Florissant, Mo.