“The preschool, kindergarten, and first grades are in a separate building, basically an aluminum shed building, and it survived the hurricane with no damage,”
Sarah Miller
“We're finding ourselves in a crunch. At this point, all our kindergarten classes are full. All our first-grade classes are full, all our second grades are full.”
Marilyn King
“Nowadays, kindergarten is more like first grade used to be.”
Susan King
“If we don?t make a difference in kindergarten through first grade, it?s much more difficult to overcome the deficit later in the educational system.”
Julie York
“The philosophy is that these students need special, early attention in order to be ready for kindergarten and first grade. We want them, when they leave this program, to be at the same level as other students who have benefits and resources at home that they don't. Our goal is to equalize the playing field.”
Charles Cole
“You can't even mix kindergarten and first grade. Because of their different cognitive levels.”
Claudia Smith
“I did it from kindergarten through eighth grade. I twirled and I danced.”
Danielle Wilson