The Sun Prairie School Board on Monday night approved moving forward with plans to offer 4-year-old kindergarten in the school district.
Sun Prairie Assistant Superintendent Alice Murphy said the board approved the plan with a 6-1 vote.
More than 200 schools across the state offer a 4K program. Sun Prairie school district officials said that the classes could be taught in day care centers.
“That would be the ideal setting that 4-year-old comes to the day care in the morning, is dropped off, and then at 8:30 a.m. or 9 in the morning the certified teacher moves in and presents the 4K instructional program for two and a half hours,” Murphy said.
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What will happen in Sun Prairie if the teacher in the child care setting already happens to be a teacher licensed by the state of Wisconsin and not already an employee of the school district? Wouldn’t it be much smoother for the children to have their regular teacher without the transition of moving from one teacher to another? Much of the child care work force is well educated and must be given the opportunity work in their own settings without the disruption of an outsider moving into their classroom. It’s a win-win for everyone.