108 Legislators Visit Pre-Ks During Georgia Pre-K Week 2011
Voices would like to congratulate all the individuals, organizations and Pre-K centers throughout the state that helped make Georgia’s inaugural Pre-K Week a tremendous success. From October 3-7, 2011, 108 state legislators and other public officials met with Pre-K center staff, read to pre-schoolers and, most importantly, witnessed the quality learning that happens each day thanks to the Georgia Pre-K Program.
For Georgia Pre-K Week photos, visit our Facebook page.
Georgia Pre-K Week Highlights:
- Governor Nathan Deal published an op-ed on the importance of early learning, which ran in the Cordele Dispatch, Dalton Daily Citizen, The Georgia Report, Tifton Gazette and The Weekly (Gwinnett County)
- First Lady Sandra Deal visited two Pre-K centers in College Park
- Lt. Governor Casey Cagle visited a Pre-K center in Flowery Branch
- 31 senators (55% of the Senate) visited Pre-K centers in their districts
- 77 representatives (43% of the House) visited Pre-K centers in their districts
- Several municipal and county officials visited Pre-K centers in their jurisdictions
- Media coverage in dozens of print, broadcast and on-line media outlets, from Valdosta to Gainesville and Savannah to Columbus
Thank You Senate Participants!
Senator John Albers
Senator Charlie Bethel
Senator John Bulloch
Senator Gloria Butler
Senator Earl “Buddy” Carter
Senator Ronnie Chance
Senator Gail Davenport
Senator Hardie Davis
Senator Frank Ginn
Senator Greg Goggans
Senator Tim Golden
Senator Steve Gooch
Senator Johnny Grant
Senator Bill Heath
Senator Steve Henson
Senator Jack Hill
Senator George Hooks
Senator Bill Jackson
Senator Donzella James
Senator Barry Loudermilk
Senator Josh McKoon
Senator Fran Millar
Senator Butch Miller
Senator Jack Murphy
Senator Nan Orrock
Senator Miriam Paris
Senator Chip Rogers
Senator Mitch Seabaugh
Senator Doug Stoner
Senator Ross Tolleson
Senator Renee Unterman
Thank You House Participants!
Representative Stacey Abrams
Representative Kathy Ashe
Representative Alex Atwood
Representative Simone Bell
Representative Tommy Benton
Representative James Beverly
Representative Ellis Black
Representative Paulette Braddock
Representative Buzz Brockway
Representative Roger Bruce
Representative Debbie Buckner
Representative Jon Burns
Representative Charlice Byrd
Representative Amy Carter
Representative Mickey Channell
Representative Mike Cheokas
Representative Josh Clark
Representative Doug Collins
Representative Sharon Cooper
Representative Katie Dempsey
Representative Karla Drenner
Representative Mike Dudgeon
Representative Winfred Dukes
Representative Terry England
Representative Bubber Epps
Representative Stacey Evans
Representative Virgil Fludd
Representative Gloria Frazier
Representative Pat Gardner
Representative J. Craig Gordon
Representative Buddy Harden
Representative Calvin Hill
Representative Scott Holcomb
Representative Susan Holmes
Representative Billy Horne
Representative Wayne Howard
Representative Carolyn Hugley
Representative Margaret Kaiser
Representative Rusty Kidd
Representative Roger Lane
Representative Edward Lindsey
Representative Judy Manning
Representative Pedro “Pete” Marin
Representative Chuck Martin
Representative Tony McBrayer
Representative John Meadows
Representative Billy Mitchell
Representative Alisha Morgan
Representative Chad Nimmer
Representative Randy Nix
Representative Elena Parent
Representative Allen Peake
Representative David Ralston
Representative Tom Rice
Representative Lynne Riley
Representative Ed Rynders
Representative Sandra Scott
Representative Ed Setzler
Representative Donna Sheldon
Representative Barbara Sims
Representative Chuck Sims
Representative Lynn Smith
Representative Earnest Smith
Representative Jason Spencer
Representative Ron Stephens
Representative Mickey Stephens
Representative Stephanie Stuckey Benfield
Representative Jan Tankersley
Representative Darlene Taylor
Representative Brian Thomas
Representative Len Walker
Representative Andy Welch
Representative David Wilkerson
Representative Al Williams
Representative Chuck Williams
Representative Bruce Williamson
Representative John Yates
Thank You Partners!
Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL)
Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy
Georgia Association for Young Children
Georgia Child Care Association
Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students
