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Efforts to stabilize and improve the early childhood education system
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Council Member Rita Joseph discusses the council's efforts to stabilize and improve the early childhood education system in New York City. She acknowledges progress made but emphasizes that significant work remains to be done.
- Thanks the New York City Public Schools and administration for collaboration on improving the early childhood system
- Highlights positive effects of initiatives like the reinstatement of marketing outreach and the council's extended day seat pilot
- Notes that vacancy rates in the system are still high, indicating more work is needed to ensure all children are being served
Rita Joseph
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Through oversight hearing investments, outreach, and works with our partners, this council is working diligently to stabilize our early childhood education system.
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We thank the New York City Public Schools and the administration for working with us over the past year on stabilizing and improving early childhood system.
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We have appreciated the biweekly meeting and have seen that the positive effect programs and initiatives like reinstatement of marketing outreach the council fought for.
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The council extended day seat pilot has converted over 1,700 standard day seats for children whose families now have extended hours of child care each day.
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Still, there's significant work to significant work yet to do to ensure all our children are being served.
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Data shows that vacancy rates in the system are still high, and even though the council helped secure 55,000,000 to fund preschool special education seats, there are still too many, children and families waiting for placement and services.