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DISTRICT 202
Special meting to be held to discuss full-day kindergarten Meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 3 The District 202 Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, 2019 to discuss recommendations regarding creating space to allow for full-day kindergarten for all eligible students. The meeting will be open and include time for public comment. The Board is not expected to vote on the recommendation on April 3rd. However, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Lane Abrell asked the Board to take action at the Board’s April 15, 2019 regular meeting. At the Board’s March 18, 2019 regular meeting, Abrell recommended the district build a new elementary school similar to the last several built during the district’s heavy growth period. The district already owns several appropriate sites, Abrell said. The district has always offered half-day kindergarten. However, it has been able to provide only one full-day kindergarten class at each elementary school – 408 students total – the last three years because of space constraints, while enrollment dropped and finances stabilized. One of the options to create new space is to build a new building to allow all District 202 elementary schools to host SEE MEETING PAGE 14
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