Northwest Center Kids Hosts Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan As She Signs Education Plan Into Law

Last fall, Seattle voters approved the Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise (FEPP) Levy. Today, Mayor Jenny Durkan signed the plan into law, as well as partnership agreements with Seattle Colleges and Seattle Public Schools, in a press conference held at Northwest Center Kids at Chinook, downtown.The goal of FEPP is to provide high-quality early preschool, investments in K-12, wraparound educational services, and tuition support for college to help ensure that every Seattle child will be able to complete a post-secondary education or job training. “If we do right by our kids,” said Mayor Durkan, “we do right by all of us.”

Katrina Caron, Director of Early Learning Programs for Northwest Center, also spoke at the press conference, as did Councilmember M. Lorena González and Seattle Colleges Chancellor Shouan Pan.

“Northwest Center supports children and families with disabilities,” Caron said. “We have an early intervention program, employment services, and businesses that fund our programs. We offer early learning services at two schools including here at Chinook, and our IMPACT™ program is now bringing inclusive early learning to centers throughout King County. We have really enjoyed our partnership with the Department of Education and Early Learning as participants in the Seattle Preschool Program, and we are very excited about the possibility of expanding our partnership.”

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan speaks at a podium at Northwest Center Kids, surrounded by a group of about ten people standing in front of colorful playground equipment on an outdoor rooftop space, with downtown Seattle buildings visible in the background.

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan speaks on the playground at Northwest Center Kids at Chinook as members of Seattle Public Schools, Seattle Colleges, and Northwest Center look o

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan sits at a table on a playground and signs the Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise (FEPP) Levy into law. A man speaks at an AmpliVox podium beside her while a group of people stands watching in the background.

Seattle Colleges Chancellor Shouan Pan joins Mayor Durkan as she signs the Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise Plan into law

Two women shake hands and smile on a rooftop playground with colorful play structures, surrounded by several other people on a sunny day. The page context identifies the woman on the right as Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan.

Katrina Caron, Director of Early Learning Programs for Northwest Center, with Northwest Center parent Tesia Forbes and Mayor Durka

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