Butler staff set goals for full-day kindergarten
Butler School District employees are spending time this summer preparing for the district's coming switch to a full-day kindergarten schedule.
Julie Hopp, district curriculum director, said a committee of about a dozen kindergarten teachers has formed to work out ways to take advantage of the increased amount of instructional time. They've held a few meetings so far, with more planned, she said.
Superintendent Brian White said the district is planning to have 23 kindergarten classes and maintain roughly the same class size as last year. The district expects to have about 400 kindergartners, like last year, with class sizes between 17 and 20 students.
Kindergarten teachers will be switching from teaching two sections of half day classes to one full day group.
The number of kindergarten teaching positions is increasing from 12.5 to 23, with reading specialists being moved into kindergarten teaching jobs to fill out the extra class sections.
The full-day class program is being implemented on an opt-out basis. Families wanting to stay on a half-day schedule need to speak with their school's principal.
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