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Amherst board hears UPK expansion at Windermere and plans to end UPK bus service in 2026-27
Summary
Director of curriculum Amy Stager told the Amherst board the district will expand UPK classrooms at Windermere, maintain total UPK capacity at 144 students, and discontinue UPK transportation in the 2026-27 school year because transportation is not a grant-eligible expense and costs about $227,000 this year.
Amy Stager, the district—s director of curriculum and instruction, told the Amherst Central School District board that the universal prekindergarten program will keep its total capacity at 144 students but shift from four sites to three next year by expanding Windermere to four UPK classrooms.
"We are going into our second year partnering with PEDLS," Stager said, describing a social-emotional curriculum rollout and classroom coaching that will now cover all eight UPK classrooms. She also highlighted a new collaborative arrangement with ECMC to provide preschool special-education services and in-class behavior coaching.
Stager said…
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