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Report regarding a resolution authorizing the acceptance of $10,000 from the California State Library to support classroom libraries through Project Read's Family Literacy Services at the new Westborough Preschool and amending the Library Department's Fiscal Year 2025-26 Operating Budget and approving Budget Amendment Number 26.002. (Julianne Garcia-Ku, Assistant Library Director)
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RECOMMENDATION
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It is recommended that the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the acceptance of $10,000 from the California State Library to support classroom libraries through Project Read's Family Literacy Services programs at the new Westborough Preschool and amending the Library Department's Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26 Operating Budget and approving Budget Amendment Number 26.002. (Julianne Gracia-Ku, Assistant Library Director)
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
The City of South San Francisco Parks and Recreation Department provides early childhood preschool programs at several sites. The Westborough Preschool Expansion Project is in process and expected to open in 2027. The existing preschool on the property, the Alice Pena Bulos Community Center, has a three-to-four year wait list and doesn't meet the growing need and requests for additional high quality licensed preschool opportunities in South San Francisco. Current student capacity is 59 children; the Westborough expansion will add an additional 41 spots, serving 100 children, ages 2-5 years old, in five classrooms.
The Library's Project Read Adult and Family Literacy Services is collaborating with the Parks and Recreation Department to build classroom libraries in the Westborough expansion, thus supporting early literacy and encouraging families to get an early start on "raising a reader" and preparing them for upcoming school years. Children can "check out" classroom materials for in-preschool or at-home use. In addition, Project Read's wraparound services can provide adult literacy servi...
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