Early Childhood Development • Early Childhood Development: Prenatal Care Education/Resources: “But there’s some things that happen before they didn’t get in the classroom. And so, it’s that prenatal care in peace because when you start talking to these families, you start to see, there’s a continuing cycle of no prenatal care there. These things are that can already set up a child fulfill you by the time they get to early child education. And so I think that we as a community, have an opportunity to leverage some of that education, even from just an understanding of, not necessarily good touch, bad touch, but just the body and giving facts. And understanding to build things up that when that mom is pregnant, the importance of going to the doctor.” (continued) “The importance of what goes in her body. The importance of why we need you to take those prenatal vitamins. Even though they may be big course meals. Why we need you to be on this road, because this helps mom and baby. When baby gets here and is ready for learning [inaudible 00:22:44].” (continued) “And so I think we need to take some more time educating the community, and the people. How can we kind of go hand in hand with this wellness piece and this education piece to work.” • Early Childhood Development (Early Learning Center): “...what’s the biggest bang for my buck thing people could do, they said early learning center. And that starts the child out extremely early, that’s when apparently most of the development.” • Early Childhood Development (Prenatal Care): “...education is central and you think of education in various capacities, not just in the classroom setting. I think we have to go back to just the conception of the life starting process. Because a lot of these families, when you really dig deep and have some really thorough conversations, there was no prenatal care. Which we’re talking about, no prenatal care that’s already starting on child behind before we get into early learning. And therefore there is no bonding time such as reading and letting a child hear music and the things that help with the development.” (continued) “So regardless when that child walks in the door, they are already behind. I mean, even for sight words that you are teaching a child, in the beginning they’re already behind. So it’s almost like you’re already starting in a race that you’re already in last place. And so I think you have to see how you can pull the wellness piece and the education being kind of almost an ongoing walk together. Because that’s the only way that you’re going to get ahead of some of these things that are going to continue to be not necessarily an issue, but you’re going to feel like, okay we’re crossing the same bridge again.” (continued) “You have Mercy Med who welcomes everyone and the community receive them. Because I think that’s one thing that we have to realize, the Mill District is four different communities. They have four different types of families and people, and that looks different. And we have a wonderful partner like Mercy Med that has done an excellent job from a branding perspective, from a connecting perspective and making it very personable that no matter who walks through the door, we’re going to meet the needs.” • Early Childhood Development (Early Learning Center): “I think another huge win would just be early childhood education and improving that.’ (continued) “Finding ways to positively impact kids at that stage in life to obviously stair step them onto a path of good outcome or good opportunity.”.
Community Beautifications • Community Beautification “Streetscaping certain areas” (continued) “Beautification, that kind of stuff”
• Community Beautification: “And if that were cleaned up a little bit so that all the people in the area truly are the ones that feel what we’re expressing it would be a totally thriving and dynamic place with just a little bit more coordination the city and the community to clean up, and when I say clean up I don’t just mean physical things but just to clean up the area in a lot of ways.”
Education Improvements • More avenues for career, not threats, but other opportunities I should say. More avenues for career pathway that begin in elementary school and stay consistent in course offerings through middle and high school. Consider a two year graduate, urban agriculture, culinary, which one do y’all call it, culinary program, that is offered starting in elementary through high school. We did that one. To be more successful, we need to continue to develop opportunities for early learning, specifically [inaudible 00:19:08], as well as job training and job creation. • Education: Student Career Development: (Person 1) “We have some great resources as far as career pathways for adults. True Springs program and open doors program. I feel like I’ve had a lot of conversation around us where we lose the kids after elementary school. Once they get into middle school, high school, it just seems to be lack of hope and goals for the children. As far as what’s next.” and (Person 2) “German high school, which is the one that [inaudible 00:23:40]. We have a great college and career focus with a lot of [inaudible 00:23:47]. And so even more specifically, it’s that middle school piece we’re taking great care and transferring, and they go to middle school and that’s when they [inaudible 00:23:57], when that happens and just get they’ll we find because they’ve got great pieces over there ready for them. And that they get they’re ready to learn, that kind of thing. And I think that’s always my heartburn, because when they leave... They’ll be back, they to school [inaudible 00:24:25] about that. But, it’s just somebody focusing on them, knowing them.”
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