EAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE CAMPUS NEWS Volume XXXIX Issue 22 Monterey Park, California April 4. 1984 New turf Child Development Center wears thin; may suffer service reduction By LILLY A. CRUZ district has reached a low beyond its If this district wants more students cost high The Campus Child Development capacity to support the program," said enrolled, it should try to induce them Center, (CCDC), services will be Simone. "There's not enough money to by providing student services that stu­ By RUTH YAKUSHIJI reduced by 30 percent next year if the pay salaries for certificated positions." dents want and need," he said. CCDC does not receive additional Simone said there have not been any "This campus and present ad­ The Superturf in the Weingart Sta­ funding from the district for its dium is beginning to wear out, especial­ salary increases for the past two years, ministration have been extremely sup­ program, according to Michael and nearing the third year. portive of the Child Development ly in the two inside lanes according to Simone, Director of the CCDC. track coach Greg Ryan. The CCDC can not keep pace with the Center, but they are not the ones res­ Simone, also CCDC Budget Sub- cost of the program. The center will be ponsible. It is the districts responsibili­ "The track originally was designed Committee Chairperson said that the losing clerk typists, student workers, ty to provide additional funding. " so that water would run off, but now it CCDC is surviving on a budget com­ classroom supplies, and there won't be With 30 percent less children ac­ puddles because of the wear on the parable to that of its '77-'78 budget, enough money to fully cover the food cepted next year, 15.300 child service track," he said. "Now there are no con­ with minor increases made for cost of hours will be lost. CCDC surveys show living adjustments. program, according to Simone. trols of its usage and people bring their "There are about 15 student workers that every two hours of service dogs who leave their messes on the In a letter addressing Vice- provided equal one hour that a parent is Chancellor, Kenneth Washington, that will probably not be employed next track, have picnics on the surface and year." said Simone. "When we reduce enrolled in a class. even ride motorcycles on it." Simone stated, "Since the onset of Proposition 13 which eliminated our services, it means having to turn away According to Simone. children are The surface, which was completed in original funding source, our programs students seeking our help." usually enrolled in the CCDC program the Fall of 1983 as part of the $3.5 mil­ have been slowly eroded witii an ever According to Simone, parent surveys for 2'2 years. About 200 applications lion spent in the improvement of the diminishing balance each year. our have shown that parents take an excess come in every August. The waiting list cainpus for the Olympic Games, should programs are now at the point of no of six additional units when using the is always full, and of all the children on last four to 10 years. longer being able to continue at the center. When this is translated into the list, about five new children at the same level of service without ad­ monetary terms, it equals additional most, are accepted into the day Ryan estimates that without inter­ ditional support. " money being generated for the college. program, (the highest in demand), in September. vention, the track will progressively A meeting was arranged between, Yet, the allocation of funds received get worse and be useless for track team Simone and Washington to discuss the from the state for the program equal The spring semester program rarely use in a few years. issue. Washington later cancelled that less that what the program generates shows any change since the children INTENSIVE STUDY — This small Huskie may be one of many meeting. Another meeting was ar­ for the school. from the fall semester have priority Birmingham High School has a simi­ ranged but a representative was sent in and usually stay on. lar track surface put in at approxi­ who may be facing a rather uncertain future, pending cutbacks All the community colleges in the dis­ Washington's place. This meeting was trict are being affected by the decrease "All I can suggest to students in need mately the same time that has already in the Child Development Center. kept but Simone stated that he was not been damaged and repaired. Accord­ of funding. According to Simone, other of our services is to apply in May, Photo by Andy Zumaya pleased with the outcome of it. colleges use child development centers which is when we start taking applica­ ing to coach Don Petrushkin, it cost 'The child development fund in the Birmingham approximately $30,000 to to draw students into college. tions for the fall, " said Simone. repair the track. The track has subse­ quently been locked up to prevent further damage. Santa Monica College has a similar Skill Improvement classes track and four hours a week are al­ Program offers aid in job search lowed to the community for open use. Occidental College allows no time for By HARRIET BLAIR if needed, a bus pass for transportation tend classes led by Uharriet, who community usage and Cerritos College You can open the door to opportunity and funds for child care at the Campus trains them in office procedures, man­ agement, typing for beginners and offered this summer only allows its athletic teams to utilize for someone you know who needs it. We Day Care Center. There are not resi­ By CARLOS HERNANDEZ started it has improved over the years. its artificial surface' have a Job Training Partnership Pro­ dency requirements, so you may live intermediate students and word For example, there is an assessment gram on campus, directed by George any place in Los Angeles County. processing. They are taught by the use Elac's Psychology Dept. offers a of a screen with slide presentations fol­ reading program to prepare students to test that is given at registration. The "People who use the track are not Madrid, now in progress. There are 18 Presently the program is funded by read at the college level and to obtain students are put through a series of students and 10 new enrollees at the the City of Los Angeles and will con­ lowed by written work. Later, office trying to damage it. They aren't automation skills are taught, such as skills needed to be properly trained to math, English, and vocabulary tests criminals, but it's a valuable facility present. tinue until June 30. An application for succeed at UC and Cal State Colleges. and then are advised to take classes It is a two-part program starting with an additional grant for $75,000 has been clerical work, filing, record manage­ and other facilities on campus are not ment, the use of the telephone and the The reading program is divided into which would be suited for them, said left unprotected, " said Ryan. 'It's not the basic skills of reading and mathe­ made to extend the program for two two areas. One area is called the Fisher. realistic that the school will replace the matics. These skills are needed by the years. The county has been asked to be duties of a receptionist. included' power-reading classes for the student "Students are really hurting them­ track considering the thousands of dol­ students to earn money while learning The method used in teaching basic reading at tenth-grade level but want to selves by not trying to improve their lars it would cost, so we have to make advanced skills to obtain a position that An additional component of the pro­ skills is to start by testing the students read at a higher level of comprehen­ reading and vocabulary abilities before it last as long as possible." requires special training. gram is that English as a second lan­ to determine their level of ability to sion. they transfer to a major university," It is an open-entry, open-exit pro­ guage is included. perform. Testing is supervised by The second part of the program deals said Fisher. Ryan, though only hired part-time to gram which accepts trainees when they Other goals of the program are to Uharriet, or one of the aides, and when wilh basic reading and is recom­ With the assessment test, there was a coach track, has pursued the matter qualify and they leave when they are learn to operate office automation necessary, tutoring is given so that the mended to students with a ninth grade substantial increase in the Psychology further. He has contacted some of ready to apply for full-time employ­ equipment, such as word processing students advance at their own level of and below level of reading. These clas­ Dept. in class enrollment at the begin­ Elac's deans, the Los Angeles Commu­ ment. and data processing, to learn basic ability. ses are offered during the day and ning of the year. When reading levels nity College District and the Olympic Among the requirements are that the accounting, typing and improved They get constant feedback each step evening. are discussed, it must be taken into Committee. So far, he hasn't received person be unemployed, be able to read communications. They have received of the way in order to be sure that the Most of the books that go with the consideration that in one level of skill, satisfactory answers or results.