Hurley School Board OKs switch to five-day pre-K

By RALPH ANSAMI

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HURLEY — Looking at some small numbers for some small students, the Hurley School Board on Monday decided to extend the district’s pre-kindergarten program to five days a week for the next school year.

Board members were shocked when elementary principal Kevin Genisot presented them with projected pre-K enrollments for the next four years.

The 2018-’19 class will potentially be 20 students, with the following three years fluctuating between 19 and 23 students.

That compares with the current fourth grade class of 47 students and the fifth grade class o...