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MMSD reports gains from full‑day 4K and details expansion, community partnerships
Summary
The Madison Metropolitan School District’s early learning director told the Instruction Work Group that full‑day 4K enrollment has climbed to about 1,450 and that independent evaluation shows literacy and math gains in full‑day sites; the district plans targeted expansions and partnerships with community providers.
Colleen Matoon, director of Early Learning for the Madison Metropolitan School District, told the Board of Education’s Instruction Work Group that the district’s full‑day 4K expansion and community partnerships are producing measurable gains and that leadership plans further targeted growth.
Matoon described a portfolio of school‑based and community partner 4K sites, play‑and‑learn family programs and a push to expand access for children from families with low incomes, multilingual households and other priority groups. She said the district now serves roughly 1,450 4K students and is adding new full‑day sections next year at multiple locations.
“This year we are up to about 1,450,” Matoon said, describing the district’s mix of school‑site and community partner slots. She told board members that full‑day sections were added deliberately in locations with higher concentrations of students…
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