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Full-day kindergarten program includes 19 APS schools.(Local News)

The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM)

| July 03, 2000 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Albuquerque Tribune. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SANTA FE The state Department of Education has chosen 71 schools including 19 in Albuquerque to share $8.5 million designated for full-day kindergarten.

According to the department's announcement Saturday, 253 schools had applied for the full-day kindergarten money. Preference was given to schools that had the highest proportion of at-risk students, it said.

The selection process was fair and equitable and "reaches those children most in need of early intervention," state Assistant Superintendent Toni Nolan-Trujillo said in a news release.

Under the Optional Full-Day Kindergarten Literacy Program, schools must …

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