"Dear Friends,
Recently, I sent you an update on our very serious budget status. I wanted to follow up on another important topic that is related to our budget crisis and talk to you about education issues.
I know many of you are interested in maintaining appropriate resources for public education and that there has been much controversy regarding All-Day Kindergarten. Some say it is merely subsidized baby-sitting. Others claim it is a necessary beginning for today’s modern world and its challenges. Considering the financial investment involved, I decided to investigate and find out what I could about All-Day K, in person.
Toward that end, I visited four different Kindergarten classes in the
I witnessed science lessons (I’ll bet you don’t know what oviparous animals are), math, reading, and spelling lessons. I also discovered each Kindergarten class in the State of
Based on what I have learned, I will be working very hard during budget negotiations to maintain funding for All-Day K. The budget crisis we are facing is so severe that some reductions to the K-12 budget will be necessary, but I will do all I can to keep public education cuts to a minimum and to protect All-Day Kindergarten.
As always, I look forward to hearing from you with any questions or comments.
Sincerely,
Representative
Majority Leader
Legislative District 20
2 comments:
I agree that All Day Kindergarten is not Daycare however I believe that families that can afford to pay for it should especially since they would just be transferring what they'd have to pay to an after school care provider to the schools.
At the same time, the state should continue to fund it for low income families.
Finally, Rep McComish should support getting rid of education tax credits that are used for extra curriculum activities and private school tuition.
This would help balance the state budget and reduce the impact on the current budget cuts to education.
I applaud Rep. McComish for finally taking the time to learn more about all-day kindergarten. Too bad many of his colleagues won't do the same.
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