Full-Day Kindergarten Rolled Out In Haddonfield Schools

HADDONFIELD, NJ — Haddonfield schools will launch full-day kindergarten this fall before gradually expanding the program until it's universal.

Starting this September, the Haddonfield School District's elementary schools will each have one section of full-day kindergarten. Students will be selected through a tuition-based lottery process.

Access to the program will increase as the district builds more kindergarten classrooms over the next 3 to 4 years.

Full-day kindergarten was made possible through the $46.7 school bond referendum that passed in December. Nearly 80 percent of voters approved the referendum, which will bring significant upgrades to all district schools in the coming years.

This fall, tuition will cost $7,500 per child per year. A lottery will be held if demand exceeds the 25-student capacity.

Specifics about tuition and the lottery process were shared with families that have registered for the district's half-day kindergarten program.

Children must be 5 years old by Oct. 1 to qualify.

Click this link for information if you already fully registered for kindergarten by/ on Feb. 1. Click this link if you did not register by that date.

Families with questions about the process can contact their neighborhood elementary school:

• Central: 856-429-5851
• Elizabeth Haddon: 856-429-0811
• Tatem: 856:429-0902