In Monroe County, 12 school districts were granted $6.1 million, driving significant expansion of program

Justin Murphy in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | USA TODAY NETWORK on 9/27/21

After just two weeks of school, Dana Campbell’s new full-day prekindergarten classroom at William C. Munn Elementary School in Spencerport is already starting to feel like a family, she said. Sometimes that family can seem untraditional.

One day this week — Purple Day, in Ms. Campbell’s class — four students were playing together in the kitchen area.

Two were puppies, both named Flower. A third was their mother, trying to place medals around their necks. The fourth, the father, was making banana juice for dinner.

There was also a stethoscope.

“How do you like your new class?” a visitor asked.