{"content":[{"text":"THE CITY OF NEW YORK \n OFFICE OF THE MAYOR \n NEW YORK, NY 10007","bbox":{"left":0.385784,"top":0.113818,"width":0.22847000000000006,"height":0.05496000000000001}},{"text":"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 4, 2014 \n CONTACT: pressoffice@cityhall.nyc.gov, (212) 788-2958 \n No. 428","bbox":{"left":0.058864,"top":0.200965,"width":0.47116899999999995,"height":0.054971999999999965}},{"text":"RUSH TRANSCRIPT: MAYOR DE BLASIO, CARDINAL DOLAN CELEBRATE FIRST DAY OF \n PRE-K FOR ALL AT SACRED HEART SCHOOL ON STATEN ISLAND","bbox":{"left":0.077655,"top":0.270268,"width":0.844992,"height":0.03834599999999999}},{"text":"Mayor de Blasio: Well, good morning everyone. It is such a joy to be here on Staten Island for the first day of \n school. You see behind you a lot of happy kids. We just came from a classroom filled with such energy, such \n focus, kids learning, a great teacher in there – Ms. C.C, who is a veteran pre-k teacher – showing them how to \n start learning from day one. It was really exciting. It is such an honor to be here today with His Eminence \n Cardinal Dolan, as we start this school year, as we start this historic expansion of pre-k. And I want to thank the \n cardinal and everyone at the archdiocese for being such important partners in this effort. It’s been a great \n example of shared teamwork, shared values, shared vision. And it’s gone really well, as you can see here at \n Sacred Heart, today.","bbox":{"left":0.058864,"top":0.32253,"width":0.8777609999999999,"height":0.142106}},{"text":"Again, all over this city, more than 50,000 four-year-olds showing up for pre-k for the first day – great reports \n coming back already – and what’s happening here at Sacred Heart is a great example. Of course, this school is \n so great because of the whole team here. I want to thank the principal, Evelyn Lacagnino, for her great \n leadership. Thank you so much. And I want to thank all the members of our team at City Hall and at the Tweed \n building – Deputy Mayor Richard Buery, Chancellor Carmen Fariña – all the members of the team who brought \n us to this day. The elected officials who are here – you’re going to hear from them in a moment – I want to \n thank them for having been consistent and energetic supporters of our pre-k effort. Matt Titone and Michael \n Cusick from the Assembly will be joined by the Borough President Jimmy Oddo in a few minutes, and you’ll \n hear from them.","bbox":{"left":0.058864,"top":0.479462,"width":0.880064,"height":0.15945499999999996}},{"text":"But let me tell you, this school is such a good news story. Good things have been happening at this school for \n years. Let’s give them a round of applause for that.","bbox":{"left":0.058864,"top":0.653768,"width":0.858667,"height":0.03659299999999999}},{"text":"[Applause]","bbox":{"left":0.058864,"top":0.705851,"width":0.08694100000000002,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"But pre-k – before this year – pre-k was limited to one classroom, about 18 kids. This year, at Sacred Heart, \n there will be 54 kids in full-day pre-k.","bbox":{"left":0.058864,"top":0.740927,"width":0.844505,"height":0.03757299999999997}},{"text":"[Applause]","bbox":{"left":0.058864,"top":0.79301,"width":0.08694100000000002,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"So, we’ve tripled the pre-k capacity here at this school. And that’s exactly what we want to do in every \n neighborhood of this city this year, and again next year – expanding even more to upwards of 70,000 kids in \n full-day pre-k. This is a big step one.","bbox":{"left":0.058864,"top":0.828048,"width":0.8497149999999999,"height":0.05496599999999996}},{"text":"Next year, with the close collaboration of the cardinal and the archdiocese and so many other partners around \n the city, we’re going to get to the point where every single child is guaranteed a pre-k seat – every child of pre-k \n age in this city. And this partnership is allowing us to do that.","bbox":{"left":0.058864,"top":0.897524,"width":0.881904,"height":0.055281000000000025}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}