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District expands full‑day preschool to every elementary; enrollment tops 655 this year
Summary
The board received an update on the district’s preschool pilot and approved related construction public hearings; district staff said full‑day preschool enrollment and parent satisfaction have risen and that state funding, tuition and grants fund the program, not the general fund.
District officials told the Iowa City Community School District Board of Directors on April 22 that the district will offer full‑day preschool options at all elementary schools next fall after a pilot year that the administration described as successful.
Eliza (surname not specified) and Christy Yetley, the district preschool lead, reported that this year’s pilot operated at six sites and served 110 full‑day students alongside 545 half‑day students, for a total of 655 preschoolers in district programs. Staff said waiting lists exist at full‑day sites and reported high parent satisfaction with full‑day options.
Christy Yetley said the district’s early outcome data look promising: in Gold assessment checkpoints, roughly 90% of full‑day 4‑year‑olds met kindergarten‑readiness expectations on the fall‑to‑winter measures…
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