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District outlines kindergarten enrollment timeline, outreach and grade-transition supports
Summary
District staff told the board the priority kindergarten placement deadline is Feb. 28, enrollment opened Dec. 1 for the 2025–26 school year, and the district is running outreach to day cares and families with events through spring to support transitions from kindergarten, 4th-to-5th and 8th-to-9th grades.
Colleen Peterson, speaking for Spring Lake Park Public Schools, told the board the district is actively accepting enrollment for the 2025–26 school year and is running targeted outreach to incoming kindergarten families and early-childhood providers.
Peterson said the district has received inquiries and reported "somewhere around 500 new enrollees" expected for next fall, with "about 400–450" of those anticipated to be kindergarten students. Enrollment opened Dec. 1 and is open to in-district and open-enrollment applicants; the priority placement deadline for kindergarten applications is Feb. 28. Peterson noted that if programs such as Spanish immersion are oversubscribed, a lottery could be…
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