Right now Chicago Public Schools have the option of offering full day kindergarten. Right now, CPS is only required to provide the minimum of a half day program. Next year CPS, with the approval of Mayor Emanuel and CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett, will require kindergarten students to attend for the entire day.
No doubt, more teachers will need to be hired and the added expense of $15 million will trouble some. For me, this is the right move. Any time Pre-K and full day kindergarten can be added to any school district's plan is the right move!
Lengthening the school day and school year, during the current academic year, were the correct actions to take. By now having full day kindergarten, CPS is doing right by the students and their parents. I have made plenty of negative comments, over the years, regarding actions taken by CPS but, this time, it is hard to find fault.
Dick
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