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Nutley Public School District reports strong gains, plans for nearly doubling preschool capacity
Summary
District officials told the board the high-quality preschool expansion has produced measurable learning gains and that the district plans to grow from current seats to 462 state-funded preschool expansion seats next year while reserving spaces for students with IEPs.
Nutley Public School District officials told the board that a multi-year preschool expansion has produced notable academic gains and that the district plans to increase seats and classrooms next year.
The district's early-childhood director, April Vadiello, said fall-to-spring assessments for the 2024-25 school year showed a marked drop in students scoring below expectations and "a significant change in students exceeding expectations," with the largest gains in language, cognitive and math domains. "We saw students continuing to meet expectations and then a significant change in students exceeding expectations," Vadiello said.
A district presentation traced the effort to July 2022, when the state's preschool expansion funding criteria changed and Nutley applied for and was awarded funding. District leaders said the award required the program to be operational by…
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