Save Full-Day Kindergarten

We, the residents of the Three Village Central School District, are asking the Three Village Board of Education to stop the proposed cuts to our full-day kindergarten program and keep the current program intact for the 2012-2013 school year.
We would like to voice our support of the Three Village full-day Kindergarten Program, and ask that you do not cut or reduce this valuable program in the revised 2.99% budget. There has never been a greater urgency in America to have all students academically succeed in our K-12 schools, along with in our universities and colleges. Competition from around the world has put our nation’s standing in the economic world at risk.There is a plethora of research which demonstrates that children who attend full-day kindergarten show greater reading and mathematics achievement gains than those who attend half-day or no kindergarten at all (NEA, 2008 pg. 1). Longitudinal data has also demonstrated that full-time kindergarten also has demonstrated long-term educational gains for students in all demographic groups, including low-income and minority students (NEA, 2008 pg.1). This is a program that benefits all incoming and future incoming kindergarten students; the elimination or reduction of this vital program will have an adverse effect on a large number of Three Village families and students, as well as the future home values of all Three Village residents.