Last week, Cathy Waggoner, Administrator of the Promethean Foundation visited and gave Rotarians an up-date on the progress of the program, which takes at-risk children from birth to five years and affords them the opportunity to attend pre-school day care in order to study the affects it has on these children form low or moderate incomes.

She explained the process or screening these children, by looking at family backgrounds, family incomes, how the parents of these children were raised and other criteria, which could put these children at-risk for a proper education and normal progress in a normal school atmosphere and aid in the child’s character development, she put heavy emphasis on "Character Development".

She said that 90% of every dime sent to the foundation must be spent on the children, she also said the day-care payment every week is around 30 thousand dollars. The cost to each child of the program varies depending on the age of the child, varying from around $260.00 to around $300.00.

Cathy brought with her two of her staff, Day Care Director, Lori Suiter and Education Specialist, Jenny Virgin.

Lori took the podium and explained her duties in the program, saying that, "I pay the Bills, Thank You". She is the business administrator, and her main job is to make sure that the children get the 90% of the funding mentioned above. She also mentioned the fact that there have been computers put in every site they use for the children’s education.

Jenny, the education specialist, spoke briefly of her duties in the program and said, she spent most of her time in the classrooms, asking herself how she would want her classrooms run if she were the teacher there. She said her main tool was progress notes, which she uses throughout the child’s presence in the program to evaluate that child’s progress and make recommendations.