All-Day Kindergarten Approved for District 203 Schools
Naperville District 203 Board of Education implements all-day kindergarten for seven schools beginning fall 2013.
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All-Day Kindergarten Approved for District 203 Schools
Naperville District 203 Board of Education implements all-day kindergarten for seven schools beginning fall 2013.
Half of the 14 Naperville School District 203 elementary schools will now offer all-day kindergarten beginning next year, after school board members approved the proposal Monday. Get news in your inbox. Sign up for the Patch newsletter. Like Naperville Patch on Facebook. All-day kindergarten will be implemented at seven Title 1 schools, which are schools with a large low-income student population. Those seven schools are Ellsworth, Naper, Elmwood, Mill, River Woods, Scott and Beebe. Issues concerning costs and space for students still need to be worked out before the program will be made available at the remaining half of District 203 elementary schools, according to district officials. Superintendent Dan Bridges said there are “viable …
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
All Day Kindergarten Put On Hold for District 203
Board of Education did not take any action on all day kindergarten during Tuesday's meeting at Naperville North High School.
Parents of District 203 students will have to be a little more patient on waiting for a decision about all day kindergarten. Citing areas of “unanswered questions,” such as the amount of state aid the district will receive and the overall financial impact of enacting an all day kindergarten program, Superintendent Mark Mitrovich recommended the decision be put on hold. “It is my recommendation of the board, at this time, that any final decision on all day kindergarten be delayed until this fall,” Mitrovich said at last night’s District 203 Board of Education meeting, held at Naperville North High School. District 203 currently offers a half-day or two-and-a-half hour program for kindergartners; however, some officials believe a shift to …
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
District 203 Board Considers Boundary Recommendation, All Day Kindergarten
While parents ask District 203 to hold off on implementing recommended changes to school boundaries, the district is also considering all day kindergarten, which is tied to the recommended map.
Without establishing an all day kindergarten program at District 203 and with the upcoming implementation of state common core standards, the school day for kindergarten teachers and students would be insane, according to one of the district’s teachers. As the district has been exploring adjusting enrollment boundaries and relocating students to different schools, it is also discussing the implementation of an all day kindergarten. During the District 203 Board of Education meeting Tuesday night held in the auditorium at Naperville Central High School, the board heard a presentation outlining the benefits of an all-day kindergarten program. The discussion of all day kindergarten preceded the district’s Enrollment Capacity Study Commission’…
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Gerard H Schilling
7:04 am on Saturday, March 3, 2012
Since when does the school system double as a day care center? This is just another union ploy to increase membership/dues at our expense with the collusion of the school board who the union got elected. Over 45% of the citizens of Naperville have no children in the school system and 78% of their tax supports these school elitist (Board, Administrators, Teachers and their union) Time to replace … more ›
MommyOf3
6:12 pm on Saturday, January 12, 2013
Having said all that, I think the article might be misleading though, sighting low income students as a reason for ADK. At a meeting with the superintendent last year it was made very clear that it was because of common core standards. I can already see the change in the intensity of my child's schoolwork. more ›