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Recommendation to receive and file a presentation and report from the Long Beach Early Care and Education Committee concerning their progress in implementing Preparing Long Beach Children for the Future: A Community Plan for Shaping the Early Care and Education System, simply called the Community Plan.
DISCUSSION
In July 2003, the City Council adopted the Community Plan as a guide for the Long Beach community and its stakeholders to prepare every child for the opportunity to learn upon entering school. The Community Plan is the product of another plan, the Long Beach Strategic Plan - 20 I 0 - Our Children, Our Schools. It is organized around three strategic directions and goals: Enhancing quality, increasing capacity and developing resources. To carry out the plan developed by the original task force, the Board of Health and Human Services created an ad hoc body, Long Beach Early Care and Education Committee in 2004. In turn, the committee has focused on tracking and implementation strategies aimed at achieving the plan's goals and forming partnerships with businesses, higher education, K-12 education, labor and government.
The Long Beach Early Care and Education Committee provides an annual update to the community to chart its progress in implementing the Community Plan. Their report to the City Council provides us with a chance to celebrate their accomplishments to date and renew our focus as partners with other stakeholders on the task of making sure every child in our great city is ready for a quality education.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
Suja Lowenthal, Councilmember, Second District
Gary DeLong, Councilmember, Fourth District
Val Lerch, Councilmember, Ninth District