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Pacific Grove Unified weighs TK age cutoff as state expands transitional kindergarten
Summary
Superintendent Linda Adamson told families the district is reviewing whether to adopt the state'recommended Sept. 1 age cutoff for Transitional Kindergarten in 2025'26 or retain the district'wide June 3 date, citing Pacific Grove Unified''s Basic Aid funding status and fiscal and staffing implications.
Superintendent Dr. Linda Adamson said Pacific Grove Unified School District is still deciding whether to adopt the state'recommended Sept. 1 age cutoff for Transitional Kindergarten (TK) for the 2025'26 school year or keep its current June 3 cutoff.
The decision matters for families whose children have birthdays between June 3 and Sept. 1, because it determines whether those children are eligible for TK next fall. Adamson said the state recently published preschool'transitional kindergarten learning foundations and that a "Sept. 1 date becomes mandatory" for 2025'26 in the language tied to state funding, but she emphasized the mandate has a contingency: apportionment…
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