The Chicago (IL) News Cooperative (7/29, Vevea) reports that Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard announced this week that the district "plans to add thousands of full-day kindergarten slots along with more seats at magnet and charter schools for the upcoming school year." Noting that the 6,000 kindergarten slots will be added to schools with large at-risk student concentrations at a cost of $15 million, the article explains, "all CPS schools have an all-day kindergarten option. In some areas, principals use discretionary funding or parents cobble together the money themselves to pay for the program."
WFLD-TV Chicago, IL (7/29) also covers this story, noting that Brizard announced that "$5 million will go to expanding magnet schools, and $15 million is being earmarked to double the number of students in all-day kindergarten. The money comes from cuts that have been made to the central office."
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