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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Full-Day Kindergarten Article to Go to Reading Town Meeting in November

The article would establish a school building committee.

The effort to bring full-day, free kindergarten to Reading has taken another step forward. By consensus, members of three town bodies – the School Committee, Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee -- agreed Monday to hand the issue to a school building committee. Town Manager Peter Hechenbleikner recommended that he and Superintendent John Doherty; Assistant Superintendent for Finance Mary DeLai; and Town Counsel Brackett and Lucas develop the wording for a warrant article for the upcoming November Town Meeting to form a building committee. The School Committee would determine when full day kindergarten would be implemented for all students, according to several speakers. That would be unlikely to happen for the 2013-14 school year, …

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Reading Could Receive $1.1 Million to Provide Free, Full-Day Kindergarten

Should the School Committee look for space for both the kindergarten and pre-K programs?

The town could receive $1.1 million in new Chapter 70 money from the state for offering free, full-day kindergarten, School Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Administration Mary DeLai told the School Committee Monday night.  Programs like all-day kindergarten are squeezing space in the town’s five elementary schools, according to the committee, which is looking at space options. One is a combined kindergarten and RISE early childhood education center on town-owned land on Oakland Road. Future Chapter 70 funding would be subject to state legislative approval, DeLai told Patch. Besides the Chapter 70 funds, a grant is available for communities transitioning to full-day kindergarten, DeLai said: $10,000 for each of Reading’s seven half-…

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What to Do About Reading Elementary School Space Crunch?, Consultant Offers Space Options for Reading Elementary Schools, Reading Memorial High School, and 1 more ›

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Reading Republican Town Committee

11:16 am on Wednesday, August 1, 2012

FYI, Fred is not a member of the RRTC. Speaking to Emily's post about socialism: Education should be a local issue. What we oppose are mandates (usually unfunded) from the State and Federal government that impose policies that our community may not agree with, or have the ability to pay for. If Reading decides that it is in the best interests of our children, and something we are willing to pay …   more ›

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