NYC gears up for expanded pre-K, mayor’s pet issue

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NEW YORK (AP) — With two months left before the start of the 2014-2015 school year, New York City is scrambling to deliver on Mayor Bill de Blasio’s signature issue of universal pre-kindergarten.

Hundreds of new pre-K teachers are being trained in an intensive summer program, some lured by subway ads that promise, “New York’s future starts with you!” Outreach workers are distributing fliers to parents of eligible children, while health and fire inspectors visit classrooms to make sure they’re up to code.

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