This the type of problems the city council should be working on...NOT
Global Warming!!!!
 
William H. Lamkin III
1055 Tehama Ave.

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From: katherine bailey <kjscafe@earthlink.net>
Subject: Menlo Park After School Care
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:33:09 -0800
To: <rjewett@jewett-limner.com>

Dear working parents,

The Mayor of Menlo Park (Kelly Ferguson), Councilman John Boyle and
Community Services Director (Barbara Santos George) have agreed at the
request of numerous concerned parents to host a meeting to discuss the
lack of after school care options within the City of Menlo Park
(particularly for kindergarten age children).

Though numbers seems to vary slightly depending on who you ask,
reportedly there are approximately 330 Kindergartners enrolled in the
District currently. Enrollment is expected to increase next year.
There were 6 openings available for Sept 07-08' school year in the
Burgess After School Center. Half of those six spaces were taken by
parents forced to literally sleep out over night to secure a space for
their children. There were no spaces available for first graders.

While Palo Alto serves approximately 22% of the Kindergarten families,
offering onsite after school care at ALL of it's elementary schools,
Menlo Park serves only 7% of it's families and offers NO onsite
options. By last poll approximately 80% of Menlo Park families were
working parents.

If you feel, as we do, that this is unacceptable in a city so rich with
resources and ingenuity we hope you will join us in expressing your
opinions and in requesting an immediate remedy.

The meeting will be held Monday, February 26, 2007 at 6pm at 701 Laurel
- The Fireside Room in the Recreation Center Menlo Park.

If you cannot make the meeting please consider contacting the
Superintendents' office at 650 321 7140 or sending an email to the MP
City council at: CITY.COUNCIL@menlopark.org, and/or the Mayor of the
Town of Atherton at: acarlson@ci.atherton.ca.us
>
Katherine Bailey
KJ's Cafe a la Carte, Inc.
Received on Thu Feb 22 18:40:22 2007