teach1st
07-21-2006, 07:28 PM
http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=35864
Clearwater, Florida - The state’s first summer pre-k program wraps up today in Pinellas County. The state says it didn’t go as expected because enrollment was low. There were 35-thousand eligible students but only 62-hundred enrolled. Hillsborough had about one-thousand students sign up and Pinellas had about 750 kids. Some teachers blame low enrollment on a lack of promotion and others say the summer school days were simply too long.
While school districts are required to offer voluntary pre-k during the summer it is not required to participate during the school year.
Pinellas will offer a scaled down version of the program at 30 schools. Hillsborough will not be offering pre-k during the school year. Private providers will again offer the program.
Clearwater, Florida - The state’s first summer pre-k program wraps up today in Pinellas County. The state says it didn’t go as expected because enrollment was low. There were 35-thousand eligible students but only 62-hundred enrolled. Hillsborough had about one-thousand students sign up and Pinellas had about 750 kids. Some teachers blame low enrollment on a lack of promotion and others say the summer school days were simply too long.
While school districts are required to offer voluntary pre-k during the summer it is not required to participate during the school year.
Pinellas will offer a scaled down version of the program at 30 schools. Hillsborough will not be offering pre-k during the school year. Private providers will again offer the program.