Are there any plans to expand to all-day kindergarten and add preschool to elementary schools?
We are adding all-day kindergarten for at-risk students who need the extra time of an all-day program. There are no plans to expand all of our kindergarten classes to full day. We offer preschool programs for special education students and through our Head Start and STEP [Starting Towards Excellence in Preschool] programs for at-risk preschool age students. Fairfax: What is your opinion of adolescent sleep research and the need for later starting times for high school students? In Loudoun, our high schools are the last to start at about 8:40 a.m. The research and raising three children of my own tells me it’s the right thing to do with teenagers. Washington: How are you addressing closing the achievement gap for minorities, and what is being done to prepare teachers? We use a variety of resources to help us with closing achievement gaps. One of our strong resources is our Minority Student Achievement Advisory Committee made up of parents and educators. Each school must develop as part
