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Everett School Committee to consider free full‑day preschool; staff outline models, timeline and costs
Summary
Superintendent William Hart and Assistant Superintendent Margaret Adams presented a plan to offer free full‑day preschool beginning in September, proposing multi‑age and full‑day models, enrollment procedures and a March registration/May lottery; the committee voted to add the policy as a line item on the February agenda for a formal vote.
Superintendent William Hart told the Everett School Committee on Jan. 20 that the district is preparing to offer a free full‑day preschool program and asked the committee to let staff continue planning and bring the policy to a vote in February. Assistant Superintendent Margaret Adams laid out three program models, enrollment procedures and staffing estimates.
Adams said the district reviewed five years of enrollment and an inventory of available classroom space, and proposed a mix of multi‑age classrooms (3‑ and 4‑year olds looped for two years), a pre‑K full‑day model for 4‑year‑olds, and a preschool model for 3‑year‑olds that would include a mix of full‑ and half‑day…
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