TOLEDO, OH, NOVEMBER, 18, 2018 – The sooner Toledo can launch a universal preschool pilot program, the better their chances will be for long-term success.
That’s the message Robyn Lightcap, executive director of Dayton’s Preschool Promise, left with about 70 Toledo community leaders on Thursday.
The group was gathered at United Way of Greater Toledo to hear from Ms. Lightcap and Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley about how the city 150 miles south of Toledo is able to offer preschool to all of its 4-year-olds. Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz wants to do the same in Toledo, and he and Toledo Public Schools Superintendent Romules Durant invited the experts in Dayton to help point them in the right direction. Read more.