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All-Day Preschool Comes to Vote Tonight
Beachwood Board of Education calls special meeting to hold all-day preschool vote
The Beachwood Board of Education will decide on offering all-day preschool at a special meeting tonight.
and Spokesperson Doug Levin said that parents are registering their kids for next year's preschool now.*
The next regular Board meeting is April 9.
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Principal Michael Molnar and Preschool Director Karen Leeds spoke to the at last Monday’s meeting
Enrollment at Fairmount is up, said Leeds, and she believes it will rise again next year.
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She said that studies show that students who participate in all-day preschool perform better academically. The all-day program would leave more time for math, literacy and social studies, among other activities.
The Board meets at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Watch Beachwood Patch for the results of the meeting tomorrow.
*Editor's Note: The original version of this article reported that this meeting was called for this vote; it was not.
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