01/14/2004 SCHOOL COUNCIL - KC COOMBS SCHOOL Minutes

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In summary,y, Qis strictly for kindergarten. Improving Teacher Quality is for level kindergarten rgarten though grade tree. Community Partnership addresses preschool and community. Title I services grades one through t -ee and :early Childhood allows for a part-tine team chair in special education for preschool. Thus, you can see all grants sicynificantly affect the Coombs School-level. The impact,on services-is crippling.. .. Each year, much time and energy is spent in "what if" scenarios with budget and scheduling. Placing essential salaried positions and services under grant funding creates great uncertainty in the Coombs building armuall . W request that Mashpee provide, in appropriation, for necessary positions to deliver continued quality educational services. There is no doubt that Mashpee is coy naitted to the youth ofits community; every of its youngest members. Since the inception of this early childhood school four- years ago, great deal of work has been established for families n school to worktogether. We have achieved quality educational programs. We lave worked in all the domains required by accreditation. We have even been recognized on the state level for such programming. We proudly tout the torch of the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs fi- m the National Association for the Education of Young Children. This is a phenomenal achievement! We all believe in each and every child. We all believe in a strong foundation. We all believe in our responsibility in the development of each child. In f nn r year's, elementary schools in Mashpee have willingly jade considerable sacrifices for other necessary educational endeavors for the Mashpee district. Today, we ask you to support lashpee's foundation. As a staff, we desire to keep this foundation intact and ever strong. Coombs School is "A great place to grow in creating toinorro v's drearns11 Help res support that growth. Keep the torch burning. Ml _ a