Question – I love that the preschool is getting money to improve, but the kindergarten needs their money back that was cut so the OEK can continue.  Our district should be having every school have the OEK not just title one.  Please work on getting our funding back.

Answer – We have supported and implemented both optional extended-day kindergarten (O.E.K.) and preschool in Granite School District for many years, and will take advantage of any opportunity we have to expand and/or improve these programs. When the Utah State Board of Education made grant funds available in the preschool area for this year, we eagerly applied. We’re delighted that we had funding awarded to serve an additional 500 students with preschool services. Should the state make additional funding available to expand O.E.K. services, we will certainly do all we can to be awarded those funds as well.

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