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Board hears warning that proposed 25% cut to Transition to Kindergarten could cut 1,800 state slots
Summary
District principal warned the board that a governor’s budget proposal to cut Transition to Kindergarten funding by 25% could eliminate about 1,800 slots statewide; locally the district serves 48 TTK students across three classrooms and maintains a wait list.
Colleen Frakes told the board that the district’s Transition to Kindergarten (TTK) program serves 48 children in three classrooms and that targeted screening and intervention produce measurable gains: about 80% of TTK children were off‑track in all six readiness domains in fall screening, and after TTK intervention a large share showed measurable readiness gains.
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