As the saying goes, everything you need to learn in life you learned in Kindergarten. Yet, the children of Fair Haven spend just three hours per day in school and only half of that time is spent in academic instruction! The children of the Fair Haven school district deserve the same educational foundation as their cohorts around the state and across the county who are receiving full day instruction. We can no longer hide behind the patchwork of solutions parents are desperately trying to stitch together so that their children do not fall behind in their academic or social/emotional development. We must explore a public school program that meets the needs of ALL children, for ALL families. Our students will one day join the students of Rumson at Rumson Fair Haven High School. Those students will have had a more robust Kindergarten education, the school year in which the foundation for learning is established. Our children will be at a distinct disadvantage!

Please sign this petition to demonstrate your support for full day Kindergarten in the Fair Haven school district.

Did you know?

- The New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards are based on a full day kindergarten program, yet Fair Haven Kindergarten teachers are expected to cover the same material in half the time *

- The National Education Association supports full day K and states it actually saves money:

http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/HE/mf_fdkfactsheet.pdf

*learn more about the impact of curriculum changes here:

NAEYC's: Variation in Children's Experience of Kindergarten and the Common Core
http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/CommonCore_KVariation.pdf

Education Week's: The Half Day Kindergarten- Common Core Mismatch
http://mobile.edweek.org/c.jsp?DISPATCHED=true&cid=25983841&item=http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/12/05/13bornfreund.h32.htm