Dorchester County Council proclaimed April as the Month of the Young Child, at their April 7 meeting. The proclamation gave recognition to Dorchester County Early Childhood Advisory Council and other local organizations affiliated with the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The county proclamation encourages all citizens to make a good investment in early childhood in Dorchester County.

In the photo from left to right (along with a collection of kids from the audience!): Mary Beth Johnson, member of the Early Childhood Advisory Council (black shirt); Nancy Shockley, Local Management Board Director; (flowered shirt) and Donna Greenleaf, Early Childhood Coordinator for DCPS/Co-Chair of Early Childhood Advisory Council (yellow shirt). In the background are County Councilmen Tom Bradshaw, Ricky Travers, Rick Price, William Nichols, and Don Satterfield.