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All-Day Kindergarten Approved for Southington, Despite Budget Cuts
The program survived a $1.1 million reduction to the original school district budget proposal.
The Southington school board decided to bring all-day kindergarten to Southington schools at its Thursday meeting, despite a $1.1 million cut in the school district's budget, the Hartford Courant reports.
The board approved an $84.42 million budget with a 6-2 vote, the Courant reports. The town council slashed more than million from the original budget proposal of $85.33 million a few weeks ago, the Courant said.
The district's K-5 talented and gifted program, SOAR, was one of the programs eliminated to accomodate the cuts, according to the the Courant.
Read the full story on the Hartford Courant website.
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