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Delray Beach schools: School board member outlines low kindergarten readiness, spotlights Pine Grove gains
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Palm Beach County School Board member Edwin Ferguson presented a city-specific report to the Delray Beach City Commission showing kindergarten readiness at roughly 40% citywide and highlighting Pine Grove School’s gains in math and other scores despite low early‑learning rates.
Edwin Ferguson, Palm Beach County School Board member for District 7, presented his annual city-specific education report to the Delray Beach City Commission on Oct. 14, emphasizing early‑childhood readiness, district test results and proposed career‑technical expansions.
Ferguson said county kindergarten‑readiness is about 45% this year and Delray Beach citywide is about 40%. “If they start ahead, they’re gonna stay ahead,” he told the commission when describing the relationship between kindergarten readiness and later third‑grade English language…
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