An exciting opportunity has just arisen that has made one slot in the Tompkins Community Action Early Childhood sponsored Head Start Program at Longview available to an Ithaca College employee for the 2005-06 school year.
As part of an agreement that Longview has developed with this Head Start Program, one slot each year will be made available to a Longview employee. If no Longview employee requests the slot, the opening then becomes available to an Ithaca College employee.
The Head Start program is a free preschool, child care center for 3- to 5-year-old children. There are generally income eligibility requirements for Head Start, but these do not apply to this opening. Children participate in a variety of activities to increase their language, social, physical, and cognitive abilities. The hours of the program are currently 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., but there may be some slight change in this schedule for the coming year. The program follows the public school calendar for the most part, but it does not begin the first week of school.
As this possible opportunity has come up with little advance notice and the deadline to request the space is June 1, the HR department has devised a lottery approach for those interested in the space.
Anyone who is interested in this preschool slot should contact Robin Davis, assistant director, benefits, at 4-3245 by Thursday, May 26, at 5:00 p.m. A lottery drawing will then be held on Friday, May 27.
Questions should be directed to Robin Davis at 4-3245 or Martha Turnbull, director, Office of Human Resources, at 4-1207.
