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Northshore staff flag preschool access, kindergarten readiness gaps and outline targeted interventions
Summary
District staff told the school board that about 254 children in the district qualify for free preschool but enrollment lags; presenters highlighted persistent readiness disparities by race and gender and described pilot interventions including structured literacy, MTSS and targeted coaching.
District staff presented a data-rich review of early learning on the Northshore School District’s strategic plan Goal 1, saying the system has open preschool seats even as readiness and equity gaps remain.
“There's about 254 kids within our service area here in North Shore that would qualify for a free preschool program,” Doreen Milburn, the district’s executive director of special education, told board members during the study session. Milburn said the district has open slots and that family support specialists and community outreach teams are actively recruiting eligible students.
The presentation grouped measures into access, literacy, math and social-emotional development and relied on data sources such as I Ready assessments, the state SBA, WA Kids (the kindergarten readiness assessment) and WIDA for…
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