Schools
New Haven Switches to Full-Time Kindergarten
Full-time certified teachers will be in the kindergarten class room all day starting in 2012-13.
New Haven is going all in on kindergarten for the 2012-13 school year.
New Haven Community Schools announced that the district will move to full-time kindergarten classes with full-time certified teachers next school year, according to a press release.
New Haven had full-day kindergarten this year, but a teacher was in the class room for half a day and a paraprofessional was in for the other half of the day.
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"Each school year we are adding more opportunities for students and families," New Haven superintendent Keith Wunderlich said in the release. "By changing our full-time kindergarten to include full-time certified teachers, it shows the community how we value education and their children. We've done a good job this year. Our kindergarten paraprofessionals are certified teachers, just paid at a lower paraprofessional rate. However, full-time certified kindergarten teachers in the same classroom full-time will add some continuity of instruction we lost this year."
For more information, families can contact New Haven Community Schools at 586-749-5123.
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