Dear Friends,

This Thursday, February 26th, City Council will vote whether to let voters decide in the May primary whether to move ahead on a plan to offer Universal Pre-K citywide.

Please do these three things to help pass this measure:

1. SIGN our petition now and see more information on our website at childrenfirstpa.org.

2. CALL your city councilperson (phone numbers below) and urge them to pass bill 150005 for Universal Pre-K.

3. JOIN US at City Hall, Room 653 to support us at 10:00 AM this Thursday, February 26th. Bring a friendly sign to encourage them to vote YES!

If you have any questions, please call Shawn Towey at shawnt@childrenfirstpa.org or call 215-563-3848 x28.

Help make this a historic week in Philadelphia!  If you do not know who represents you in Philadelphia City Council, cilck here to find out.
District 1:  Mark Squilla
215-686-3458, 3459

District 2:  Kenyatta Johnson
215-686-3412, 3413

District 3:  Jannie L. Blackwell
215-686-3418, 3419

District 4:  Curtis Jones, Jr.
215-686-3416

District 5: Darrell L. Clarke (President)
215-686-2070, 1954

District 6:  Bobby Henon
215-686-3444, 3445

District 7:  Maria Quiñones-Sánchez
215-686-3448, 3449

District 8:  Cindy Bass
215-686-3424

District 9:  Marian B. Tasco
215-686-3454, 3455

District 10:  Brian J. O’Neill
215-686-3422, 3423

After you call your district councilperson, please call as many at-large members as you can:

Blondell Reynolds-Brown
215-686-3438, 3439

Ed Neilson
215-686-3420, 3421

William K. Greenlee
215-686-3446, 3447

W. Wilson Goode, Jr.
215-686-3414, 3415

Dennis O’Brien
215-686-3440, 3441

David Oh
215-686-3452, 3453

More:  Philadelphia has 39,000 3- and 4-year-olds, many of whom enter Kindergarten without the skills and experiences they need to be successful in school. Most of our city’s young children live in poor or working poor families that cannot afford the cost of quality pre-k and programs like Head Start serve only half the eligible children.

Already, forward-looking cities including Seattle, New York, San Antonio, and Salt Lake City are years ahead of us in offering high-quality pre-k, and are seeing positive results in their schools.