David Morgan, president and CEO of TEAM Inc. in Derby, was a guest Monday morning on “Valley Navel Gazing,” this publication’s weekly talk show.
Scroll down and click the play button on the audio player to hear the full program, or click this link hear just Morgan’s portion of the show.
In the player below, Morgan’s discussion starts at the 32-minute mark of the broadcast.
Morgan updated listeners on TEAM’s annual “Toys 4 Kids” campaign, which provides holiday gifts for some 1,300 local children from families in need.
Click here to learn how you can help “Toys 4 Kids.”
A Google map of “Toys 4 Kids” drop-off locations is embedded at the end of this post.
Morgan also talked with the Valley Indy about efforts to give more families access to pre-kindergarten programs in the Valley, specifically in Ansonia and Derby.
According to “The Valley Now: A 2015 Valley Snapshot,” in 2012, 44 percent of preschool-aged children (3 and 4 years) were not enrolled in preschool, even as slots in Valley public schools increased by 66 percent since 2002 (to 429 in 2013).
Morgan talked about how preschool is critically important to a child’s development, and how quality preschool programs prepares kids for the more rigorous curriculum now found in all modern kindergarten programs.
Money is the biggest barrier that keeps kids out of preschool, Morgan said. It helps contribute to the achievement gap in education.
But Morgan goes on to explain that Ansonia and Derby schools have been working hard to get more kids into preschool.
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TEAM, Inc. is based on Elizabeth Street in Derby.
“Valley Navel Gazing” is a weekly talk show hosted by Valley Indy writers Eugene Driscoll and Ethan Fry. It airs live every Monday at 9 a.m. on ValleyIndy.org.
The program also airs on community radio station 103.5 WNHH, the Online Journalism Project’s low-powered FM radio station heard within the City of New Haven.
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TOYS 4 KIDS DROP OFF LOCATIONS
