Full-Day Kindergarten Eyed in 2013

Full-day kindergaten will likely be implemented no sooner than September 2013, Superintendent of Schools Joseph Connors told the School Committee Monday night.

Connors said it would be "prudent to wait'' until the first year at the new Grafton High School ends. That same year, grades will be realigned and the current high school will be used for middle school students.

The financial and logistical challenges of making those changes and adding a full-day kindergarten would be significant, assistant superintendent of schools Lucille Boutiette said.

"We want to do this as soon as possible,'' she said. "The operative word is possible.''

She said that staff members are already working on curriculum for full-day kindergarten and would be ready if the programming began earlier than expected.

"We are thinking about how to do this,'' she said of the staff.  "They are very excited about it.''