Parents fight for kindergarten.(LOCAL NEWS)

From: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) | Date: June 27, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Linda Bock

NORTHBRIDGE - Cheryl A. Bober and Diane P. Mimmo, along with at least 50 other parents who attended last night's School Committee meeting, would like the town to preserve its full-day kindergarten program. They have started a grass-roots effort to get answers on why it cannot be accomplished, since the town receives state grant money for the popular program.

"If we are receiving money from the state for full-day kindergarten," Mrs. Bober as...

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