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Council member Krishnan calls for a comprehensive vision for early childhood education
1:59:20
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Council member Krishnan expresses the need for a more comprehensive and proactive approach to early childhood education. He emphasizes the importance of moving beyond reactive measures and developing a broader vision that includes education for children from zero to two years old and extended day programs.
- Krishnan highlights the need to stop 'playing whack-a-mole' with funding issues
- He calls for a comprehensive vision that includes education for children aged zero to two and extended day programs
- The council member expresses concern about the mayor's commitment to these initiatives
- Krishnan urges for a shift from reactive management to proactive investment in early childhood education
Shekar Krishnan
1:59:20
Got it.
1:59:21
Okay.
1:59:21
And then just finally, I mean, we heard a bunch of questions about this, so I'm not gonna repeat it.
1:59:25
But, you know, I think the the challenge I'm seeing in all of this is we're trying to, you know, sort of play whack a mole and figure out how this administration is going to fund three k, is going to, you know, make sure that people have early child education seats, three k seats by in the neighborhoods they live in.
1:59:46
But we need to really be stepping back, right, and having a much more comprehensive vision for not just three k, but zero to two as well, and then extending the extended day pilot that we and the council put in the budget too.
2:00:00
Right?
2:00:00
Because I think the the reaction in every every hearing and every year, we're we're negotiating this.
2:00:06
But I it's just undermining the fact that we've got to do in a much more affirmative way, plan out how we actually achieve this value that I know you all agree with too of the importance of early childhood education of extending it, as I said before, both from zero to two and also the extended day pilot.
2:00:23
So how do you all see moving from a world of reactions to managing to a world where we can more affirmatively make these investments and build out a larger program.
2:00:37
And let me be clear.
2:00:38
I know that you all are deeply committed to that.
2:00:41
I have serious concern about city hall and mayor Adams' commitment to that because we've done this every single budget now and we're not getting the traction and support that we need.
2:00:50
But I think how do we move to a world where we are putting that larger vision proactively into place?