Head Start official wins parent of the year title

Friday, December 24, 2010

Kelly Janis was honored at the 27th Annual Head Start Conference in Virginia Beach, Va., as one of five national nominees for the 2010 Rutha Weatherl Memorial Parent of the Year Award.

Janis was selected as the First Runner Up and won $300. Kelly and her husband of 10 years, Lewis, have three children, all of whom have graduated from Head Start.

Janis has been involved with Friends of Children and Families Head Start for five years. In 2009-2010, Janis volunteered 249 hours for Head Start. Her volunteer time included volunteering in the classroom, assisting with field trips, attending monthly Parent Planning Center Committee meetings, serving on the Policy Council and attending monthly meetings. She also has served as the IHSA Parent Representative for the Idaho Head Start Association, attended the 26th Annual Head Start Parent Conferences held in San Jose, Calif., in December 2009. In addition, Janis attended the 2010 Idaho Head Start Association Annual Meeting in Boise and the 2010 Region X Head Start Conference in Portland, Ore.

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Wow! You forget to mention that she gets paid to work full time as the city enforcement officer. How does she ever squeeze it all in to the day?

-- Posted by Amused MtnHomey on Fri, Dec 24, 2010, at 7:59 AM
Just curious how she works in classroom volunteer and field trips around her paid city job. I believe they both operate during the same hours. I have a great respect for volunteers. I try to do volunteer work myself when I am not on the clock.

-- Posted by Amused MtnHomey on Fri, Dec 24, 2010, at 10:42 PM
I think that you may have lost the point Junkyard. I think what he was trying to say is that the average person with a full time job works approx. 2080 hrs a year. Add 800 plus hours for volunteer work and it is almost 2900. Take driving time to Boise for classes (which I like that she does this) 2 hours round trip and it is another 2-6 hours a week just in driving time. Add the classroom time and and what do you have? Then the housework plus at home and there seems to be a worn out person when it comes to the job being paid for. This is still not getting the trailers off the streets, the cars with flat tires away from the curbs, and many homes with trash, broken down vehicles, and assorted garbage out of the neighborhoods. Check out the VW located on 10th just down from the library. Many instances of this thing. Amused MtnHomey has a point. Getting paid for a job and not doing it is kind of a taxpayer problem and perhaps needs a fix by supervisors in charge.

-- Posted by jerbear on Sun, Dec 26, 2010, at 2:56 PM
Oh gosh is there NOTHING that you BB regulars dont complain about? Good lord...IM sure she has vacation time that she can use or something....Maybe you should call the Mayor and have her fired....Good job Kelly. I applaud you.

-- Posted by mhg4316 on Sun, Dec 26, 2010, at 6:25 PM

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