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Luz Ochoa, ECE teacher at Greenwood ECE-8 School in Montbello, works with her students on letter sights and sounds, and today they are learning to say and write the letter "e". Ochoa lets Alejandro Salazar, 4, use an magnifying glass to get a closer look while learning about sight. Education advocates are worried about looming budget cuts, especially how they will affect early childhood education programs such as preschool programs and full-day kindergarten programs. Denver's preschool program is expecting at least a 25 percent cut to the amount it gives in tuition subsidies, which will be a blow to Denver's burgeoning enrollment. Kathryn Scott Osler, The Denver Post (Photo By Kathryn Scott Osler/The Denver Post via Getty Images)