Speak Up Summit Issues Statement in Support of Full-Day Kindergarten
Speak Up Summit endorses addition of Full-Day Kindergarten in the school district, stating that there exists enough data to support that FDK would be beneficial to students of Summit.
Editor's note: The following statement was submitted to Summit Patch by Speak Up Summit and written by Speak Up Summit President Melanie S. Wilson. Speak Up Summit is a community advocacy group designed to promote excellence in Summit public schools. Two parts of our mission statement are to provide independent oversight of the schools, the board of education and the superintendent’s office to ensure that our schools are providing the best educational experience possible, and to speak up on those issues affecting our children’s ability to receive an excellent public school education. To that end, Speak Up Summit is endorsing the addition of Full-Day Kindergarten in our district. We have a responsibility to our students, and based on the …
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9:45 am on Wednesday, February 6, 2013
There's a tool you can use called Google where you can enter "Full Day Kindergarten" into the search window to find numerous links such as the following. http://www.strategiesforchildren.org/eea/6research_summaries/07_FDK_Factsheet.pdf. A little effort goes a long way. The earlier link was to show that early education intervention can work anywhere with dramatic effect. Socioeconomic differences … more ›