Wednesday, April 8, 2009

"Cutting full-day kindergarten lowers the quality of education"

Milford Daily News
Posted Apr 07, 2009 @ 11:39 PM

FRANKLIN —

Facing a budget deficit of $2.5 million, "nothing is off the table" in terms of cuts, but officials are optimistic they can preserve full-day kindergarten, says School Committee Chairman Jeffrey Roy.

The 9-year-old program, which serves all of Franklin's kindergarten students (447 this year), is in jeopardy due to this year's severe budget constraints.

Elementary school principals, who needed to cut 30 positions, recommended that the schools eliminate full-day kindergarten since it is not mandated by law.

Such a move would keep class sizes in other grades to a somewhat reasonable level. Otherwise, class sizes would shoot to more than 30 students in many instances.

Read the full article on kindergarten in the Milford Daily News here

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