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Superintendent Straub recommends districtwide kindergarten cutoff tied to school start date and urges pause on Lifetouch photos
Summary
Fairfield Union Superintendent Straub told the school board he will propose using the district'wide first day of instruction as the kindergarten eligibility cutoff (next year: Aug. 13) and recommended pausing Lifetouch school pictures while the district researches vendor ownership and privacy safeguards.
Superintendent Straub told the Fairfield Union Local Board of Education that the district will set kindergarten eligibility based on its first day of instruction rather than a fixed August 1 date, making next year's cutoff Aug. 13. "So next year for Fairfield Union, it's August 13. It have to be 5 by August 13, to be eligible for kindergarten," Straub said, explaining the change would remove ambiguity when buildings stagger kindergarten start dates.
Straub said the shift comes after recent state changes to the statutory language on kindergarten entrance age and that the district will…
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