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Parents urge flexibility on kindergarten start date; Cerritos families oppose teacher reductions and larger class sizes
Summary
Three parents spoke during public comment asking the board to reconsider a district practice that places children who turn 5 by Sept. 1 into kindergarten, and Cerritos parents warned of the effects of staff reductions that would produce classrooms of 27–31 students.
Three parents used public comment at the April 8 Kyrene School Board meeting to raise two related concerns: the district’s kindergarten entry practice tied to a Sept. 1 cutoff and local staffing reductions that would increase classroom sizes.
A parent who identified herself as April (current Kyrene parent) told the board the family learned that Kyrene “is adopting turn 5 by September 1, and are already within the Kyrene School District are automatically placed into the kindergarten program.” She said that the policy was not communicated during enrollment and asked the board to “reconsider this policy, essentially of when children will be entered into the kindergarten based on that…
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