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St. Cloud district highlights early childhood expansion and pilots to cut preschool waitlists
Summary
District presenters described ECFE, screening and preschool programs serving about 767 preschool‑age students and outlined a Friday preschool pilot and staffing shifts intended to eliminate a three‑year‑old waitlist affecting roughly 742 families.
The St. Cloud Area School District updated the Board of Education on Feb. 18 on early childhood programming and a short‑term pilot intended to reduce long preschool waitlists.
The district said its early childhood services — including ECFE, threes and fours preschool classes and mandatory state screening — aim to prepare children from birth to age 4 for kindergarten through play‑based, inclusive instruction. An interim early childhood director described the system as “high quality and inclusive and play based learning,” and said all district preschools are rated four‑star Parent Aware and staffed by licensed educators.
Why it matters: The district reported serving roughly…
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