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undermine day care but is concerned about children from kindergarten to 5th grade who are left unattended. Commissioner Bird asked, and Ms. Livings responded that there is a potential of 50 to 100 students at each of the four schools, with a maximum total of 300. Commissioner Macht thought that the Board is on shaky ground if we are not offering the after-school program to all schools. Chairman Eggert explained that it was left to the individual schools to request the program because the individual school runs its own program. County Administrator Jim Chandler noted that not all schools wanted to be included. He gave the example of Pelican Island Elementary School, which started an after-school program, found there were problems, abandoned their program and now they transport their after-school students to Sebastian Elementary. Barry Sesack, Principal of Glendale Elementary School, reviewed a survey that he sent out. He reported that Glendale's population is 662 students in 500 families; 150 surveys were returned with 97 responding that they were not interested in the after-school program; 4 said "maybe" and 57 said "yes, they were interested;" 17 families indicated they were presently being serviced by a day care center but would opt for the Glendale program if it were financed through the County. He pointed out that there is a major problem of transporting these children to their homes after the program. He stated that he wanted to work with the day care industry to provide a safe environment for our children after school. Chairman Eggert pointed out that part of our overall Economic Development Plan is a commitment to support small businesses in the community. We also have the big responsibility of caring for all the children in our community. Mark Dugan stated that this is his first year as Principal of Rosewood Elementary School. Prior to that he was the principal of Sebastian Elementary where an after-school program was in place, and one of his first concerns at Rosewood was an after-school program. He did not have time to do a survey prior to this meeting, and he concurred with Mrs. Livings' comments. He was concerned about the procedures as explained by Chairman Eggert, and he was concerned about the private day care industry. He stated that Mr. Macht's point about making this program available at all schools was also brought up by parents at his school. He noted that the after-school program requires a certified person to be in charge who wants to work and wants extra money. Mr. Dugan described the staff at Rosewood Elementary School as a mature 23 DEC 151992 BOOK �� NiCH