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Carlsbad board declines district‑wide shift to full‑day kindergarten after heated debate
Summary
Trustees heard hours of testimony from parents and teachers divided over full‑day kindergarten. Staff recommended districtwide adoption based on a two‑school pilot, but the motion to adopt a districtwide full‑day schedule failed after trustees and educators raised concerns about class size caps, staffing, bargaining and costs.
After a staff presentation on a two‑school full‑day kindergarten pilot, the Carlsbad Unified School District board considered a motion to adopt a district‑wide full‑day kindergarten model for 2026–27 but voted it down following prolonged debate.
Director of Elementary Education Miss Fuentes summarized the pilot at Hope and Jefferson, saying the longer day provided “more time to establish routines and transitions” and that one pilot site saw 98% of students receiving targeted reading support improve their DIBELS composite scores from fall to midyear. Family surveys showed overall favorability at 68% district‑wide and 80% among pilot families.
But many kindergar…
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