Hello to everyone who did and did not attend the recent STN EXPO in Reno last week. During the Head Start Forum — one of my favorite parts of the conference — we discussed this blog and how we can use it as another forum to discuss Head Start-related issues. We also realized we had a total of 520 years worth of Head Start experience in the room!! We were able to come up with the following list of common concerns:
- eight-way violations
- covering the cost of replacement buses
- buying buses cooperatively
- child safety restraints
- budget/enrollment issues
- pedestrian safety
- parent involvement
- safety training
- education on the bus
- federal and state reviews
- policies and procedures
- federal vs. state regulations
I will create a post for each of the above topics soon (sorry, the next issue is due this week) and open up the discussion to you. Here's the hitch: You have to get involved and post some comments. If you having issues, send me an This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or give me a call at the office, 310-802-7812. It was great to see everyone at the conference. The Head Start community packed every class and made this year even better. Hope to hear from you soon. And yes, I misspelled pedestrian as "pedestrial"...