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Timberlane board asks superintendent to find $150,000 to fund full-day kindergarten for 2025–26
Summary
After an ad hoc committee reported staff and community support, the Timberlane Regional School District board voted Dec. 19 to ask the superintendent to identify $150,000 in the current budget to fully fund kindergarten for 2025–26 and to convert two half-time kindergarten positions into full-time roles.
The Timberlane Regional School District board voted Dec. 19 to ask the superintendent to identify $150,000 within the district’s current operating budget to fully fund full-day kindergarten for the 2025–26 school year.
The decision followed a presentation by the district’s ad hoc early-childhood committee, which reviewed listening tours, staff feedback and community surveys and concluded that full-day kindergarten improves readiness, reduces later remediation and lowers childcare costs for families. The committee said the district would receive roughly $4,000 per kindergarten student from…
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