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Chico Unified details preschool and TK growth, but funding caps limit capacity
Summary
District staff told the board the Loma Vista Early Learning Center now houses six full‑day state preschool classrooms and three special‑education preschool rooms, with enrollment up to 120 this year but wait lists still averaging about 80; expansion hinges on uncertain state funding.
Chico Unified officials on Sept. 4 laid out recent growth in early‑education offerings while warning that funding and licensing rules limit how quickly the district can expand.
"I'm Heather Su Fuentes. I'm the director of elementary education, and we are super excited to share with you 2 massive programs that are taking place in our district," Fuentes told the board as she framed preschool, transitional kindergarten (TK) and kindergarten as part of the district's early‑education strategy.
Kathleen Corbett, who oversees the district's state preschool programs at Loma Vista, said the site currently operates six full‑day, full‑year state preschool classrooms and three…
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