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District proposes half-day preschool to preserve slots amid budget squeeze; teachers warn of lost collaboration time
Summary
To preserve preschool slots while cutting costs, the district proposed moving learning centers to a half-day, four-day model; teachers and parents raised concerns about lost planning time, reduced collaboration, and child-care barriers for working families.
The district presented a plan to shift all early learning center sites to a half-day, Monday—our-day schedule with Fridays reserved for staff planning and preparation, a change administrators said would preserve the number of preschool spots while reducing operating costs.
Administrators argued academic outcomes remain strong in half-day structures and that bus transportation and slot availability would be maintained. "Current data shows that kindergarten readiness rates of 38 percent in day programs…
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