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students to continue on to kindergarten, some of the ways they put it in their actually made it problematic for how to implement it. we have policy makers putting things together that are that do not necessarily mesh with what was currently in place. in a nutshell, 2-year, 3 years to roll it out. this is for that subset of students to stay in pre-k for one more year. to give you an idea of what that means, slide 7. it is not in there. this year, we have 300 kids. the year after that, we will have 744 kids. at the end of this, we will have about 1000 students, 4 or 5 per grade. now that we are giving the children the experience, what is the experience? across the state, we are talking about 120,000 students. during this time, the students are to receive this one year of service with credentialed teachers. we re supposed to have a development-appropriate curriculum. i want to take a moment to realize what that means. you have a preschool curriculum and a kindergarten cu ....
83-85% of eligible preschoolers go in this county. for us, we have the largest percentage of preschoolers who actually attend preschool. what is the difference? in l.a., their numbers are half of that number. who are the children who are not attending in l.a.? they are your lower income children. pre-k looks different for them than it does for us. we have pre-k students who will do three years in an early education setting. two years in pre-k and an extra year in tk. the law, for us, is a little bit more problematic. the other issue around implementing tk in our city has to do with capacity. we have approximately 70 elementary schools. with 70 elementary schools and 300 possible students, that is about 4 tk-ers per school. is that a brand new classroom? or not? if you are in l.a. with 800,000 students, with a school that has 1200, you may have 4 or 5 or even 8 kindergarten classrooms. of those, you might be able to pull out a quarter of your kindergarteners and make the ....
which one would we do for someone born in october? we are discussing, do we buy both? those are the things that have been created because of this experience. why is it so difficult for this particular county? as previously stated, we have preschool for all. 83-85% of eligible preschoolers go in this county. for us, we have the largest percentage of preschoolers who actually attend preschool. what is the difference? in l.a., their numbers are half of that number. who are the children who are not attending in l.a.? they are your lower income children. pre-k looks different for them than it does for us. we have pre-k students who will do three years in an early education setting. two years in pre-k and an extra year in tk. the law, for us, is a little bit more problematic. the other issue around implementing tk in our city has to do with capacity. we have approximately 70 elementary schools. with 70 elementary schools and 300 possible students, that is about 4 tk-ers per s ....
truthfully, the gift of time and professional service from all of our volunteers. as janet mentioned, to date, about $400,000 worth of professional services has been have been donated. that number will continue to grow. thank you. commissioner maufas: thank you so much. i think now everyone has a better idea. i am overwhelmed with excitement every time i tried to mention it. i could not tell them all the details. thank you for sharing all of that information. i really believe that you are that you have filled this gap that is so necessary, particularly for our families at school, who do not have health care coverage. their busy lives, getting through with the hopes of seeing someone in a few months, it is just so daunting and such a discouragement factor, thank goodness you are there. that is why i wanted you to come to this particular meeting, not just the school district side, but to this combination committee, because i believe it is important that both sides her ....
reporter: we wanted to ask oakland police about the incident but they would not speak to us on camera. instead, releasing a statement. jackson s aunt says her nephew was no saint. he had a record and was on parole but that, she says, is no reason to take a man s life. i know he had a good heart, loved his family, loved his baby, loved his lady. just loved life. reporter: now, there was a third man who was in the car with those two men and ran and hid behind the house under a tree. police found him there and arrested him. we re hearing from police now that he also was shot and is now in jail and allen, no officers were hurt in this incident. all right, christin ayers in oakland, thank you. a man is in custody after leading police on a high-speed chase through oakland. it started around 11:00 this morning near 27th avenue. officers apparently tried to pull over the driver of the blue intrepid for a no bail warrant. the suspect then took off onto the freeway with ....