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Committee votes to send revision eliminating one‑month early kindergarten admission to full board
Summary
Kutztown Area SD committee debated the district's early‑admission provision and voted to forward a revision that would eliminate the one‑month exception (moving to a Sept. 1 cutoff) to the full board for first reading after members cited low acceptance rates and administrative burden for psychologists.
The Policy & Curriculum Committee voted to send a proposed revision to the district’s admission policy to the full board that would eliminate the current one‑month early‑admission exception (children who turn five by Oct. 1 but are not five by Sept. 1).
Staff described the existing early‑admission process: families petition the district, the student receives a norm‑referenced psychoeducational evaluation administered or organized by the…
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