Merrimack Valley School District is known for wasting taxpayer money on programs like the International Baccalaureate Program.<\/p>\n
Now they want to extend 1\/2 day kindergarten to FULL day kindergarten. WHY? To try to meet the Common Core Standards.<\/p>\n
Taxpayers will be asked to FUND full-day kindergarten on the UNPROVEN Common Core Standards.<\/p>\n
First, they decide taxpayers should fund a United Nations values-based program (IB) that does nothing to help students academically<\/strong>, and now they want to ask taxpayers to fund full day kindergarten based on the as of yet unproven Common Core standards.<\/p>\n Here is the info on the upcoming meetings in the district:<\/p>\n Thursday January 2nd 6:30pm Boscawen Elementary For more info: call the principal<\/p>\n DEMAND that they provide these things:<\/p>\n 1) Studies that show going from 1\/2 day to FULL day kindergarten has any benefit on children. (MAKE SURE THEY ARE INDEPENDENT STUDIES)<\/p>\n 2) Psychologists who support the standards as developmentally appropriate<\/p>\n 3) Provide a Cost\/Benefit analysis<\/p>\n 4) Studies that show Common Core improves academic achievement<\/p>\n Let them know that there are Psychologists who have testified in New York that these standards are developmentally inappropriate for children. This idea that a KINDERGARTEN-aged student can “think” abstractly is opposite of what the psychologists are saying.<\/p>\n http:\/\/stopccssinnys.com\/uploads\/Al_Graf_-_Mary_Calamia_full_text.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n
\nMonday January 6th 6:30pm Penacook Elementary
\nWednesday January 8th 6:30pm Louden Elementary
\nThursday January 9th 6:30pm Webster Elementary
\nThursday January 9th 7:30 pm Salisbury Elementary<\/strong><\/p>\n