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Published - Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Four-year-old kindergarten ad hoc committee meets
The four-year-old kindergarten ad-hoc study committee held its first meeting Thursday at the Robert Kupper Learning Center.
Mary Ellen Justinger and Rick Murray were elected as co-chairs of the 15-person committee. Justinger is a member of the Tomah school Board, Murray is a committee member.
Superintendent Bob Fasbender said the first meeting was mainly devoted to distributing research, statistics and articles on how four-year-old kindergarten has been implemented other school districts.
The Tomah School Board has discussed the issue since October but is unlikely to implement a 4-year-old kindergarten in time for the 2008-09 school year. Tomah is now in the minority of districts that don’t offer 4-year-old kindergarten. Over 60 percent of Wisconsin’s districts offer the program, which became eligible for state aid in 1984.
The committee set its next two meetings for April 14 and April 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the school district office. A final report to the school board is expected sometime this summer.
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