RED BANK CRAMS FOR MORE PRE-K SPACE
Pre-kindergarten student Leslie Herrera at Red Bank Primary School. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI
Demand for Red Bank’s heralded pre-kindergarten program is spiking, and the school district is on the hunt for more space and money to offer every three- and four-year-old in Red Bank the chance to attend.
Superintendent Laura Morana said she’s involved in serious discussion and has a “pretty good lead” to add four more classrooms at a sixth location for the borough’s scattered pre-k classroom setup to accommodate a waiting list that precluded 76 three-year-olds from getting into the program in the 2011-12 school year.
“If we can get four more classrooms then everyone in Red Bank will have the opportunity,” she said.