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Committee reports momentum for full-day kindergarten; administration recommends feasibility study and phased funding
Summary
An exploratory committee reported strong internal support for full-day kindergarten and recommended a targeted feasibility study and enrollment study results before the board commits to implementation; administration proposed a phased funding plan that could build to full implementation by fall 2027.
Mr. Stout and Mrs. Landis reported to the Committee of the Whole on April 8 the work of an exploratory committee that met multiple times to examine full-day kindergarten (all day K). Committee members included central-office staff (CFO Denicola and HR chief Hahn), special education and pupil services leaders, principals, kindergarten teachers, reading specialists, transportation, food service and other stakeholders.
Stout said the committee's charge was to gather data rather than to deliver a final recommendation. "We tasked this committee with not coming up with a recommendation for all day K. We tasked this committee with coming up with the data to give the background information to consider all day K as a viable opportunity," he said.…
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