Just days before the inauguration of Mayor-elect Donna Deegan, her transition team is hard at work to make some changes to programs in the city.
“We’re looking to see what exists today versus what may have existed in the past, and what programs we can implement, that will have an impact on preventing crime,” Gentry said.“That’s one of our long-range goals is to make our community more literate. We have in our poor areas of town, we have elementary schools where only 10 or 15% of the children can read. And if you can’t read by the end of third grade, then the chances of being successful are very slim,” Gentry said.
“One of the things that we said, and set out as a priority of this administration was to bring the people into City Hall. And that’s one of the things we’ve attempted to do with these committees. You heard several of them say, Gosh, I didn’t realize my committee was going to be so large. Well, that’s because we ask people who want to be involved,” Deegan said.
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