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The Kansas Early Childhood Transition Task Force stopped in nine cities across Kansas last week during its Community Engagement Tour, allowing more than 500 Kansans to share insight and feedback on the successes and challenges affecting the early childhood sector.
The task force stopped in Chanute, Wichita, Garden City, Hays, Salina, Manhattan Topeka, Overland Park and Kansas City.
The Kansas Early Childhood Task Force was established in January of this year and is charged with reviewing Kansas’ early childhood care and education system and with developing a roadmap for creating a cabinet-level agency dedicated to supporting Kansas children.
The task force is led by two co-chairs and consists of:
Amanda Petersen, director of Early Childhood at the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE), is a member of the task force.
Those who attended sessions last week engaged in small-group conversation about three questions:
Main challenges that were commonalities in all nine cities included:
Strengths that were discussed included local collaborations and community organizations.
The Early Childhood Transition Task Force will meet next at 1 p.m. Aug. 17.
For more information or to follow along with the task force’s work, visit Kansas Early Childhood Transition Task Force - Governor of the State of Kansas.
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