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South Huntington board approves SCOPE before‑and‑after care for nine pre‑K sections starting in September
Summary
The South Huntington Board of Education unanimously approved a contract with SCOPE to provide before‑and‑after childcare enrichment for nine pre‑K sections (five at Silas Wood, two at Maplewood and two at JKAL), with services to be offered in the buildings where students attend.
The South Huntington Union Free School District Board of Education on May 20 unanimously approved an add‑on agreement with SCOPE to provide before‑and‑after childcare enrichment for nine prekindergarten sections beginning in September.
District administrator Doctor D'Elia told the board the agreement was signed the same day and thanked Doctor Hender for his work securing the arrangement. "We were able to get a deal signed today with SCOPE to be able to provide before and after care childcare enrichment starting in September for the nine sections that we have for pre‑K. We do have five at Silas Wood. We have two at Maplewood and two at JKAL," Doctor D'Elia said. He added the program will operate in the buildings where the students attend and that the district planned to notify parents the next morning.
The contract was introduced to the board as an add‑on item. Board member Mr. Bronson moved to approve the agreement; board member Ms. Meyer seconded the motion. The board voted by voice and approved the add‑on; there was no recorded roll‑call count stated in the meeting record.
Board discussion and staff remarks focused on logistics and communication rather than costs or funding details. Doctor D'Elia said the program will operate on site at the schools that host the pre‑K sections; the meeting transcript did not specify the program's price to families, the length of daily coverage, staffing ratios, or the contractor's performance metrics. Doctor Hender was specifically thanked for negotiating the deal, but did not read the contract terms aloud during the meeting.
The item answers requests from district residents for expanded before‑and‑after care for pre‑K students; the administration noted it would inform parents about the service once the board approved. Other operational and budgetary details — including fees, vacancy limits, or long‑term funding commitments — were not specified in the public record of the meeting.
What happened next: the board voted to approve the SCOPE agreement, and staff said they would notify parents immediately. Any further operational decisions, enrollment procedures or cost information will be determined by district staff and SCOPE and communicated to families later.
