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Board adopts TK feeder policy to link early-education TK sites with neighborhood elementary schools
Summary
The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education voted to update student assignment policy 5101 so transitional kindergarten (TK) classrooms at early‑education sites automatically feed into a nearby elementary school's kindergarten, standardizing the TK→K pathway for families.
The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education voted to update student assignment policy 5101 to create consistent transitional kindergarten (TK) feeder pathways from early‑education sites into neighborhood elementary schools.
Under the policy adopted by the board, TK classrooms that operate at stand‑alone early‑education centers or at the Mission Education Center will be assigned a designated neighborhood elementary school. Families who choose TK at those early‑education sites will receive the same attendance‑area tiebreaker and an automatic promotion to kindergarten at the corresponding elementary school unless they later apply elsewhere.
Why it matters: The change aims to equalize the administrative experience for families. Previously, children enrolled in TK on an elementary campus advanced automatically to kindergarten at that campus, while TK students at…
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