Alpha Theta Phi Chapter - Phi Theta Kappa - LaGuardia Community College

By Klara Kang What an experience! I must say I enjoyed the trip very much. We had two buses full of students and staff from all CUNY colleges wanting to make a difference. Our day started bright and early—our buses took off from the city at 7am and our first appointment was scheduled for 11am. There were eight appointments scheduled throughout the day with different senators and assemblymen. Our big group split into three smaller ones, to make sure we didn’t miss any appointments. We visited the offices of the following legislators: Assemblyman Brian Kolb— Assembly Minority Leader Senator Toby Ann Stavisky— Senate Higher Education Committee chair Assemblyman Jose Peralta— Member of the Higher Education Committee Assemblyman Herman Farrell Jr.— Assembly Ways and Means Committee chair Assemblywoman Debra Glick— Assembly Higher Education Committee chair Assemblyman Sheldon Silver— Speaker of the House Assemblyman Ron Canestrari— Majority Leader Assemblyman William Scarborugh— A...

Sign up in the ECLC office in MB-09 The daycare center hours will be extended to accomodate participating parents! ATTENTION : If we have a large group of parents going to Albany, CUNY will provide a bus leaving from LaGuardia College!

You may soon be paying more for LaGuardia’s subsidized childcare if the newly proposed bill is passed. In efforts to close the state budget gap, Governor Peterson is proposing a $7.4 billion funding cuts that would directly affect the CUNY/SUNY childcare programs. Here are some ways you can help: Go to the ECLC office located in MB-09 and sign a petition telling the Governor that it is not OK to cut funding for the ECLC program. (The petition is also posted on the door in the Honors House - MB-46) Join other CUNY students on March 2nd on a trip to Albany to talk to our legislators. YOU can make a difference!

Are you a student juggling studying, working and PARENTING? Is your child enrolled in LaGuardia's Early Childhood Learning Center (ECLC)? If so, I have created a "Parent Corner" for students just like you. Here you can share your opinions or raise issues you may have with the ECLC program. As your newly elected Parent-Student Executive Board Member, I am here to make sure that your voices are heard. Furthermore, if you have a word of advice that other student-parents could find useful, I invite you to post it here. I look forward to your comments! Klara Kang