**THIS PETITION IS NOW CLOSED.**

THE RIDGEFIELD BOARD OF EDUCATION UNANIMOUSLY VOTED IN FAVOR OF FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND!  A NEW PETITION HAS NOW BEEN CREATED ADDRESSING THE BOARD OF FINANCE IN SUPPORT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S BUDGET.  THE BOARD OF FINANCE MUST APPROVE THIS BUDGET (INCLUDING FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN) IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE VOTED ON BY THE PUBLIC ON TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2010.  PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK TO SIGN THE NEW PETITION: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/fulldaykbudget/

As Ridgefield parents, voters and tax payers we unconditionally support full-day Kindergarten. The town’s current 2 hour and 46 minute program (the lowest in our DRG) provides our students with 30 minutes of reading OR writing OR word study and 25 minutes of math OR science OR social studies. This abbreviated and fragmented schedule is unacceptable and does not reflect a 21st century education. Ridgefield’s children deserve better; they deserve the best education we can provide. Our educators’ proposal is neither novel nor groundbreaking. Instead, it allows Ridgefield to bring its Kindergarten program up to the norm. In full support of full-day Kindergarten, we sign below willing to sacrifice where necessary in order to invest in the future of our school programming and in our children’s love of learning.  

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