It’s 85 degrees on a recent morning on the West Side. Gabriela Tenorio and her team of parent ambassadors gather on a corner in the Garfield Park neighborhood with a mission: They’re looking for 3- and 4-year-olds to recruit for preschool.
The moms are doing outreach on behalf of the parent advocacy group COFI — Community Organizing and Family Issues. Bearing pamphlets and clipboards, they plan to knock on every door in sight to spread the word that universal preschool is offered through the Chicago Public Schools.
