Dear City Council,

I am writing to express my disappointment and to
also urge you to act. This morning I went to
Burgess Children's Center at 6am to wait 1.5
hours (office opens at 7:30am), hoping to
pre-register my child for after-school care
(Kindergarten) for 2007-08 school year. I called
ahead and Adela (Manager) told me that there were
only 7 spots available. I asked when we should
arrive, and she just suggested that earlier is
better, as there were plenty of parents calling
her. When I arrived at 6am, there were already 9
other parents there, 2 of which slept overnight
and all others had arrived at 5am. The doors
opened promptly at 7:30, and there were only 6
spots available! I feel this is quite outrageous
that a program provided to serve the entire City
has only 25 spots available, 19 of which are
filled through the preschool graduates and
existing siblings. If I remember, the previous
Council wanted to outsource this program because
there wasn't enough interest. I don't see how
this is possible! I urge the Council to act by
increasing Staff to accomodate the needs of the
City's families. Our older son went through MCC
and Burgess and had a great experience. We want
the same for all of our children (2 more to come
through). Please help our City serve it's
people.

Regards,

Greg Fujii
227 Chester St.
Received on Mon Feb 5 19:18:55 2007