Policy Council
You may have heard staff talk about the Policy Council and wondered what is it? It is part of the magic of Head Start programs because it is a required governing body that is made up of a majority of parents. Each year interested parents put their name forward to serve. What is involved in service? Policy Council members attend a monthly one hour meeting ten times a year where we go over the operating of the program and ask for approval of various items as required by Head Start.
You have the opportunity to have input into key hiring decisions, our grant renewal application to the feds, while learning some of the specifics about the operations and outcomes from our programs. That means parents get input into the program their child benefits from; it is also a great way to get to know other parents and it is something you can list on a job application or resume!
Interested? Please email the current parent chair, Dana Quattlebaum-Gaskins at [email protected]
Meetings
Policy Council meetings are held the first Tuesday of each month. If you would like to attend a meeting, please call 803-553-1814 to request location information for that month’s meeting.
Policy Council Members
Chair
Dana Quattlebaum-Gaskins
Vice Chair
Open
Board Liaison
John Brown
Members at Large
Delores Shabazz
Cynthia Boykin
Hannah Bleyle
Kaila Vanhouten
Ky’Andra McGoogan
Charnae Key-Jones
