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Students Get A Jump-Start ; n Program opens some schools a month early for younger grades
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Albuquerque Journal
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July 3, 2008
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School is starting early, almost a month early, for more than
3,000 Albuquerque elementary students this year.
Twenty-f ive schools in high-poverty neighborhoods are opening
their doors for their youngest grades in an attempt to give them a
leg up on the school year. Many of the schools started this week as
part of the state's Kindergarten through Third Grade (K-3) Plus
program, which adds 25 days to the 180-day academic year.
"Students lose math and reading skills during the summer,"
Superintendent Winston Brooks said at a news conference Tuesday at
Emerson Elementary. "This program is designed to combat that ... Our
hope is the additional instructional time will help narrow the ...
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