The West Irondequoit Central School District is getting $1 million in state funding to expand its universal pre-k program.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Assemblywoman Sarah Clark toured the Pinegrove building Tuesday, a former elementary school in the district at the center of a $6 million plan to renovate three classrooms for universal pre-k.
Continue reading“We put so much more attention to issues that didn’t always get attention,” said Assemb. Sarah Clark (D-Rochester), a mother of three who unveiled the “Mom Squad” in a tweet in January. “We were again and again just bringing it up. Even when discussing economic development, we raise our hands and say, ‘What about child care?’ We’re bringing issues that haven’t always been in the limelight.”
Continue reading“…as the Subcommittee Chair of hte Tuition Assistance Program in the Assembly, I am very please to see the Governor’s support for greater access to higher education by ensuring that TAP is available to part-time students, acknowledging the reality of many working-class families looking for a pathway to success.”
Continue reading“The grant was secured by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie ’90 and Assembly members Steve Englebright ’75, Kimberly Jean-Pierre ’07, Latoya Joyner ’08 and Sarah Clark ’99. The assembly alumni were given a tour of the facility on Saturday, October 23, during the Presidential Inauguration Day festivities.”
Continue readingThe announcement came from Lunsford and fellow Assembly Members Sarah Clark, D-136th District; Demond Meeks, D-137th District; and Josh Jensen, R-134th District, with local library officials during a press conference in Kennelley Park at the entrance to Fairport Public Library.
The funding will provide $30,000 to FPL and Webster Public Library, $20,000 to Penfield Public Library and $11,500 to East Rochester Public Library.
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