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Three Village committee recommends capping pre-K at 180, issues RFP for community partner
Summary
District staff recommended capping the pre-K program at 180 students for next year, pursuing a request-for-proposals (RFP) to select a community-based organization (CBO) required by state Universal Pre-K rules, and phasing in elective supports to limit immediate district expense.
A district staff member presenting to the Three Village Central School District budget advisory committee said the district’s prekindergarten program should be capped at 180 students next year and that the district should issue a request for proposals to select a community-based organization partner required under New York State UPK rules.
The recommendation, presented by district staff and a small committee that included Ms. Horowitz, assistant principal at Arrowhead, and Ms. Drinkwater, assistant principal at Mount Elementary School, came after an extended review of enrollment, staffing and state aid. The committee proposed 10 half-day classes (one morning and one afternoon section at each elementary school) with class caps of 18 students and a phased introduction of elective supports such as music, with a formal RFP to identify a CBO partner.
The nut graf: The proposals are intended to align the district’s program with state funding rules while limiting the district’s next-year budget exposure. District staff said the state’s funding formula and the UPK requirement to partner with a CBO — which reduces district aid by 10% of the grant to the chosen…
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