Middletown highlights early returns from new Kindergarten Preparatory Academy

Middletown — The Middletown School District told the Board of Education on Tuesday that its new Kindergarten Preparatory Academy (KPA) produced measurable growth in participating children during its first year and that enrollment for next year already exceeds this year’s cohort.

The superintendent, Dr. Vasquez Matos, introduced the year‑in‑review presentation and said the program was created in response to a change in the state kindergarten law that left some younger children without a typical path to kindergarten. “This was an attempt to address that need as well and making sure our students who are entering kindergarten are actually ready academically and socially,” he said.

District staff described KPA as a full‑day program offered at seven sites…