The Superintendent's Task Force on Early Childhood Education was formed in May 2006 to study services and programs for early childhood education for the purpose of recommending the model of service delivery for AISD. The Task Force is comprised of a diverse group of community stakeholders, including teachers, administrators, parents, and community/business members with knowledge and experience in the area of early childhood education and policy. In May 2006, the Superintendent met with the Task Force to discuss the need to directly respond to the growing number of three and four year old children with diverse needs in the community.

The EC Task Force met twice a month to gather and analyze data, collaborating in developing a set of recommendations for high quality pre-kindergarten and early childhood special education services to all eligible students in AISD in order to better prepare children for academic success as they enter kindergarten and elementary school.

The members of the task force developed three recommended models of service for early childhood education: community-based pre-kindergarten in which services would be provided through a partnership among private childcare facilities and AISD; early learning centers which would provide education and services to students in pre-kindergarten through first grade, and campus-based pre-kindergarten which would focus on enhancing the quality of the existing pre-kindergarten services on AISD campuses. These recommendations were presented in detail to the public in an open house format on November 7, 2006 at Hart Elementary and on November 8, 2006 at Allan Elementary.

The public input was compiled and shared with all task force members and presented to the Board of Trustees on December 4, 2006 in the following final report:

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