Bay Ridge school board backs parent demands for more half-day pre-K
A Bay Ridge school board is siding with parents who are demanding that the de Blasio administration offer more half-day pre-kindergarten classes for their children.
The Community Education Council (CEC) of School District 20 voted unanimously to pass a resolution calling on the city to give parents a viable option of choosing between full day and half-day pre-K sessions. The council charged that the de Blasio administration’s universal pre-K program, called Pre-K For All, is offering far more full-day pre-K seats than half-day pre-K seats and that parents virtually have no choice.
With so few half-day pre-K seats available, parents often have to search high and low for a school in which to enroll their children, according to advocates, who said that in many cases, the schools are not located nearby.
Other parents seeking half-day pre-K have opted for private schools.