Roger Tilles Quotes (5 Quotes)

The school district doesn't have to be the provider. We will work with a consortium of people to use libraries and universities to house pre-K programs.

It's very clear that our school districts need an awakening.

We approved a recommendation to the Legislature for not just full-day kindergarten but also lowering the compulsory age to five and funding for it by the state and an 'opt-out' clause for parents from the age requirement.

Miller Place argues they do fine. Maybe they do since many of their children go to pre-school. But not all kids in Miller Place went to pre-school. We want to close the education gap that's the main reason we want to make it mandatory.

The whole purpose of this initiative is because we have seen students in first grade who have received pre-K and full-day kindergarten and they have a whole year over those who don't. They are a year behind and it only gets worse from there.