The Forsyth County Commissioners, City Council of Winston-Salem, and WS/FCS Board of Education signed a resolution during 2021 in support of forming an Early Childhood Education Task Force as a planning and recommendatory body to assist in creating a proposal for the implementation of an equitable, accessible, high-quality Pre-K system that can serve all children in Forsyth County. Ultimately, Task Force recommendations resulted in approximately $4M of ARPA funding from local government.
We commit to working to develop affordable, high-quality Pre-K experiences that are inclusive, joyful, create a love of learning, and build positive identity.
We commit to eliminating disparities and achieving equity by providing all children with the resources they need to be ready to succeed in school.
We commit to supporting programs that are culturally responsive and celebrate home languages, cultures, and traditions.
We commit to ensuring access to high-quality programs that are in accord with the values and needs of each family.
We commit to incorporating the knowledge and lived experience of parents as experts on their children and communities into Pre-K programs, processes, and systems.
We commit to going beyond what’s been done in the past by adopting new, creative, and effective ideas to enable us to achieve our vision of a community in which all children are able to succeed in school and in life.
