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BoE Approves Full-Day Kindergaten for Westport Students [Updated]
The board voted 6-1 in favor of extending the amount of time kindergartners spend at schools, according to News12.
Updated, 9:45 a.m.
The Westport Board of Education voted Monday night 6-1 in favor of a full-day kindergarten program from public schools students beginning with the 2013-2014 school year, according to News12.
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The Board of Education is set to vote Monday on whether it will introduce full-day kindergarten to Westport Public Schools. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. and will take place at Staples High School.
The plan, which will replace the district's current schedule of three days a week plus two extended days, is reccomended by Superintendent of Schools Elliot Landon and elementary school administrators, according to Westport News, and seeks to provide a curriculum that will meet the expectations of the Common Core Standards.
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Maureen Asiel, however, wrote in a letter to Westport Patch that Common Core Standards "is not a set curriculum" and "a professional comparison of our current K curriculum goals to the [Common Core Standards] shows Westport has been meeting or exceeding the Standards for many years within our current schedule."
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