Pierz moves preschool program to five days

Superintendent George Weber informed the Pierz School Board, Wednesday, July 31 that the District is moving forward with its plan to transform one of its 4-year-old preschool program classrooms into a full-time, five days per week model.

“This plan will then allow those parents to access a fulltime preschool service and also then support their daycare needs for that child,” he said.

Weber said the cost for an entire year at five days per week is $4,000.

“At this point, we have 13 4-year-old children in that class. We have a few children who are age 3, who we provide special education services for that we will also add into that classroom a couple of days per week,” he said.

The other classroom will have a Monday and Wednesday class which currently has 12 students. The Tuesday and Thursday class for that same classroom has 14 students as of now. The cost for that program is $1,600, Weber said.

The reason for the change is to better serve the needs of parents and children who would benefit with having a five-day program.