Tag: full-day kindergarten
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Metuchen school officials: Proposed referendum will address student growth, move district forward
METUCHEN – Voters will head to the polls and decide on three referendum ballot questions, which Metuchen school officials say will essentially move the district forward for the next 20 to 30 years. Since the 1998 and 2004 referenda, the district has a much larger student population from what was once 1,500 to 1,700 students…
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Edison BOE will discuss proposal to end overcrowding in schools on April 26
EDISON – A proposal is on the table to essentially “begin to end” the overcrowding issues in the Edison Township School District and address the dire needs of the district’s aging school buildings. The Board of Education (BOE) is expected to discuss and possibly move forward a proposal, which does not include going out to…
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Edison Township Public Schools will offer full-day kindergarten in fall; online registration has begun
EDISON – Come September 2022, the Edison Township Public School District will offer full-day kindergarten again after more than a decade. The district sent out a notice on Feb. 16 detailing the online registration process. Schools Superintendent Bernard Bragen said they expect an enrollment of 1,250 students. And with the district continuing to deal with…
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Registration open for full-day kindergarten program in East Brunswick
Children who will be five years of age on or before Oct. 31, 2019, are eligible for the East Brunswick Public School full-day kindergarten program for the 2019-20 school year. Registration will take place at the District Registration Office located in the Administration Building at 760 Route 18, East Brunswick. Registration is by appointment only.…
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Full-day kindergarten will be a big hurdle for Edison schools
EDISON — Jerry Shi, the president of the Edison Board of Education, has charged the members of a task force with finding a way to implement a full-day kindergarten program in the district. With building space limited and class sizes already approaching 30 pupils at the Woodbrook and Lincoln elementary schools, the full-day kindergarten initiative…
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Full-day kindergarten debuts in Marlboro school district
MARLBORO – The 2017-18 school year in Marlboro is underway with the debut of a full-day kindergarten program attended by almost 300 children. Until this school year, Marlboro provided a half-day kindergarten program and all kindergarten classes met at the David C. Abbott Early Learning Center on Tennent Road. For the past several years, parents…