Braves Preschool opens with 11 students

Build it and they will come.

This famous line from a popular movie is also a mantra for the new Little Braves Preschool on the La Conner Schools campus.

Eleven students attended last week’s reopening of the district preschool, which has been resurrected on a one-year trial basis following successful lobbying of the school board last summer.

The school district had operated a Pre-K program but stopped it a year ago when the classes shifted to the Swinomish Tribal Community.

Parents and school staff convinced the board earlier this year that a preschool supported by a variety of funding sources,...