Parents seeking full-day kindergarten.(LOCAL NEWS)

From: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) | Date: July 2, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Linda Bock

NORTHBRIDGE - School officials could be learning not to underestimate the parent of a kindergartener.

Parents flexed their muscles last year when full-day kindergarten was axed, and they were successful in saving the program for the past school year.

However, just weeks after the recent $3.7 million override failed, school and town officials have begun to make drastic cuts. Among significant reductions and cuts to the School Depa...

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