Parents, children rally to keep full-day kindergarten at Sachem Central School District
About 100 children and parents rallied tonight in an effort to save full-day kindergarten in the Sachem Central School District. Sachem's Board of Education proposed a new budget with a tax cap levy
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Jun 5, 2013, 6:41 AM
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Updated 4,310 days ago
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About 100 children and parents rallied tonight in an effort to save full-day kindergarten in the Sachem Central School District.
Sachem's Board of Education proposed a new budget with a tax cap levy of 3.14 percent. The budget cuts full-day kindergarten to half-day in order to fill a $6 million budget gap.
Parents are hoping the rally will help the district get the green-light for the $1.2 million in state aid needed to keep full-day kindergarten.
Organizers say they've collected more than 300 signatures on a petition that they plan on sending to Albany.
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