working hard for the past two years with meeting the needs of our students from a literacy perspective,” Reynolds expands.“We have seen such great growth, and we’re very excited about our inclusion in that grant.” Together, these programs have created a cohesive approach, supporting success from the beginning. “We had a lot of great things going on in the school, but they were all kind of disconnected, and we were trying to find a way to take those different pieces and knit them together into a really tight sweater. “The beauty of that is that our families are saving a significant amount of money, which is life-changing. And for us, it’s excellent, because we now have these students two years earlier than we would have in the past, and we’re able to work with them on things like the zones of regulation, and we can build connections with the families and our community at a younger age.” The preschool expansion coincided with another important initiative, the New Jersey Tiered Systems of Support Early Literacy Grant. “We’ve been really 264 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 07, ISSUE 02
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