DEPARTMENT: Library Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Ramiro S. Salazar
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Acceptance of a donated vehicle.
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes the acceptance of a minivan from the San Antonio Public Library Foundation to the San Antonio Public Library for the Little Read Wagon Early Literacy Outreach Initiative.
This donation will enable the San Antonio Public Library to continue early literacy services through the Little Read Wagon outreach initiative. Services include early literacy training for parents, teachers and child care providers as well as opportunities for children and their caregivers to practice early literacy skills together.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Through the Little Read Wagon initiative, the San Antonio Public Library (SAPL) has provided outreach early literacy training since 2002. Through this initiative SAPL provides early literacy training for parents, teachers and child care providers as well as opportunities for children and their caregivers to practice early literacy skills together.
Little Read Wagon staff travel to locations across the city where parents and caregivers are already gathered to provide training that supports literacy development, emphasizing five simple practices that significantly improve school and reading readiness. Adults attending the training are encouraged to talk, sing, read, write and play with children to increase vocabulary and general background knowledge. Studies indicate that vocabulary size and background knowledge are the two best long-term predictors of a child's school and reading success.
This is the second vehicle donated by the San Antonio Public Library Foundation in support of the San Antonio Public Library's Little Read Wagon initiative through the Frost Bank / Myra Stafford Pryor Charitable Trust. The first vehicle was accepted by City Council on June 12, 2014. With the acceptance of this donation, the Library will decommission on...
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