Dear Pre-K Supporters:
In just a few months, our grant funding will be exhausted. The Long Island Pre-K Initiative will no longer offer professional development, coaching or help launching a Pre-K program--or even send you our weekly e-newsletter. That's why we urge you to support state funding for a Regional Technical Assistance Center (RTAC), which would be able to carry on--and even extend--our work.
Final budget decisions are being made in Albany this week. Please show your support for a $750,000 allocation for a new RTAC. Here's what you can do:
1)
Contact influential state assembly and senate leaders and ask them to support this critical funding.
Click here to download a list of names, phone numbers and email addresses along with a sample phone script.
2)
Be part of a Twitter Storm scheduled for Tuesday, March 26. A Twitter Storm is a coordinated blizzard of tweets to show support for an issue. Using the Twitter handle of key decision-makers in your tweet means that they will receive a notification of your message. And please use the hashtag #LI4PreK. For example:
Click here to download Twitter Storm instructions and sample tweets.
We have seen how important it has been to connect school district and community-based Pre-K programs and to offer training and information on best practices. Please help us ensure the continuation of this important work.
Thank you,
The Long Island Pre-K Initiative
