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| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #1168 |
| Rimes Early Education Center |
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| Requester: |
Pam Saylor, Superintendent |
Organization: |
Lake County Schools |
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| Project Title: |
Rimes Early Education Center |
Date Submitted |
1/15/2004 10:20:54 AM |
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| Sponsors: |
Cowin |
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| Statewide Interest: |
| Funding will allow for the first regional Pre-K Education/Teacher Training Center |
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| Recipient: |
Lake County School System |
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Contact: |
Will Pruitt |
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201 W Burleigh Blvd. |
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Contact Phone: |
(850) 251-5067 |
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Tavares 32778 |
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Contact email: |
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| Counties: |
Lake |
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| Gov't Entity: |
Yes |
Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): |
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| Project Description: |
| Rimes Early Education Center will be the first of its kind and will serve the community in 2 ways. First, the center will serve as a Pre-K education center for all 4 year old children in Lake and Sumter Counties. Second, it will be a training center for childcare workers seeking to become school teachers at the K-12 level of Education. The center will be regional in scope and will be operated through the Lake County School Readiness Coalition in conjunction with several community partners, incl. the Lake and Sumter County School System, Lake Sumter Community College , Lake County Health Department, Citizens Commission for Children, Lake County Cultural Affairs and LifeStream Behavioral Center. This center is based on the philosophy of community partnerships and will use these partnerships to be a self-sufficient educational and training center. The center is also a second phase of a two part program that utilizes a scholarship program at the community college level to educate future teachers on the developmental stages of a child's growth. The intent is to train future teachers,on not just the K-12 aspect of education,but the developmental stages of a child's education form 0-5 years as stipulated in school readiness. |
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| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? |
No |
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| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: |
| As a regional center it is anticipated that all 4 year old children will be educated in the center.As a training facility, Lake and Sumter Counties will utilize the center to " home grow" school teachers and will add developmental education of a child's growth to the K-12 educational model. Programs developed within the Center will also include behavioral training for teachers and family crisis intervention for families. |
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| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: |
$870,000 |
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| Total cost of the project: |
$870,000 |
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| Request has been made to fund: |
Operations |
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| What type of match exists for this project? |
Local, Private |
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Cash Amount |
$50,000 |
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In-kind Amount |
$700,000 |
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| Was this project previously funded by the state? |
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No |
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| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? |
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Unknown |
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| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? |
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Unknown |
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| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? |
Unknown |
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| Is there a documented need for this project? |
Yes |
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Documentation: |
Statistical information with Lake and Sumter Schools/School Readiness Coalition |
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| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? |
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Yes |
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Hearing Body: |
Lake County Legislative Delegation |
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Hearing Meeting Date: |
10/10/2003 |
