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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 882 

Honoring Dr. Carolyn R. Wilder, Professor of Child Development at West 

Los Angeles College in Los Angeles, California, in recognition of her 

retirement after 32 years of service to the College. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 21, 2006 

Ms. WATERS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring Dr. Carolyn R. Wilder, Professor of Child Development at West Los Angeles College in Los Angeles, California, in recognition of her retirement after 32 years 

of service to the College. 

Whereas Dr. Carolyn R. Wilder has served as Professor of 

Child Development at West Los Angeles College since 

1974 and will retire in 2006 from the position of Department Chairperson; 

Whereas in response to increased economic demands placed 

on families and the need of working parents to know that 

their children are in a safe facility near their workplace, 

Dr. Wilder founded Child Care Centers, Inc., a consulting firm to enable corporations and businesses to establish child care facilities for their employees; 


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Whereas Dr. Wilder became the Parent Coordinator for Delta 

Sigma Theta Head Start and implemented programs for 

over 600 families in Santa Monica, Venice, and the Central Los Angeles areas; 

Whereas Dr. Wilder was given the opportunity to develop, set 

up, and implement the curricula for all nine of the child 

development centers located on the Los Angeles Community College District campuses; 

Whereas in 1972, Dr. Wilder served as the first Director of 

the Child Development Center on the West Los Angeles 

College campus; 

Whereas in 1983, Dr. Wilder and her husband Raymond 

founded Tender Care Child Development Center, a private preschool that serves approximately 180 children of 

ages 2 through 5 and offers a curriculum-based approach 

to learning; 

Whereas responding to the need for a new kindergarten education program, Dr. Wilder established Tender Care Kindergarten for approximately 80 students in 1988; 

Whereas responding to the increased demand for programs 

for students in grades K through 8, Dr. Wilder established Tender Care Elementary in 1994, renamed 

‘‘Wilder’s Preparatory Academy’’ in 1999; 

Whereas the vision of Dr. Carolyn and Raymond Wilder for 

a preparatory academy became a reality in 2000, when 

Wilder’s Preparatory Academy expanded to a 37,000 

square-foot state-of-the-art facility geared to serve inner 

city students and provide an accelerated college preparatory curriculum with 22 large classrooms, three computer labs, a library, an art room, an indoor gym, a 


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media lab, a science lab, a study hall, and a dance theater; 

Whereas over the past 21 years, Carolyn and Raymond Wilder have become known as industry leaders in the field of 

early childhood education and childcare service; 

Whereas over 4,000 students have graduated from Tender 

Care Child Development Center, and, as a result of the 

outstanding education and nurturing they received, they 

have matured into bright, productive, and accomplished 

young citizens; 

Whereas in 2003, Wilder’s Preparatory Academy became 

Inglewood Preparatory Academy Charter School, the first 

Charter School to be approved in the City of Inglewood, 

California, accommodating 480 students in grades K 

through 8; 

Whereas Dr. Wilder has served in the posts of Commissioner 

of the Los Angeles First Five, City of Los Angeles (formerly Prop 10 Commission), appointed by Los Angeles 

County Board of Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke; Commissioner of the Human Affairs Commission, City of 

Inglewood, appointed by the Mayor of Inglewood, California; Commissioner of the Child Care Advisory, City of 

Los Angeles, appointed by Los Angeles County Board of 

Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke; and was a Board Member 

of the YMCA of Los Angeles Metro 28th Street/ 

Crenshaw Branch; 

Whereas Dr. Wilder was the recipient of the Woman of the 

Year Award in 1988 from Senator Teresa P. Hughes, 

25th Senatorial District of California; 

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hood Education, the Black Women’s Forum, the YMCA, 

the Black Child Development Institute, the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the National Association of Women Business Owners, the Coalition of 100 Black Women, the Ebony Guild, and the New 

Philadelphia AME Church; and 

Whereas Dr. Wilder is married to Raymond D. Wilder, an 

entrepreneur, a real estate developer, the CEO of 

Inglewood Preparatory Academy Charter School, and a 

community activist, and the couple has one daughter, Ramona R. Wilder: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) honors Dr. Carolyn R. Wilder for her 32 

3 years of service to West Los Angeles College in Los 

4 Angeles, California; 

5 (2) recognizes her accomplishments and 

6 achievements in childcare service, in higher edu7 cation, and as an entrepreneur; and 

8 (3) extends its appreciation to her in recogni9 tion of her retirement from West Los Angeles Col10 lege in Los Angeles, California. 

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