South Seneca Pre-K Goes to Full Day – Ithaca Times : News

Next year the South Seneca Central School District will offer full day pre-kindergarten instead of the half day that was offered this year thanks to a $115,000 grant, which will be combined with the $148,000 grant that funds the the half-day pre-k services.

Stephen Zielinski, superintendent, explained at a board of education meeting May 25 that after much prior discussion about next yearas schedule the district made arrangements to abolish one full-time secondary English position in the high school, which will help fund the pre-k program. The grant will cover the cost of three new full-time pre-k teaching positions, and the cost of a fourth new pre-k teacher will be covered by eliminating the high school position.

aThis is a year by year grant,a said Adam Rundell, elementary school teacher. aWe had enough desire to bring back pre-k in full that we sort of aggressively pursued the grant two years in a row but didnat get the grant last year.a

In other school news, Zielinski said that this year the senior class has collectively earned over 600 college credits between the 50 students who took the college courses.

Michelle Cardoso, school psychologist, was unanimously approved to a full-time position after being part-time for five years.