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South Kingstown school committee opens first read to let superintendent waive strict Sept. 1 cutoff for kindergarten and first grade
Summary
The school committee moved a policy change to a first read that would permit the superintendent to accept students whose birthdays fall within a narrow window past the Sept. 1 cutoff — based on prior enrollment, academic evidence or enrollment elsewhere — after a public commenter urged parity with neighboring districts.
The South Kingstown School Committee on Monday put a proposed revision to its age-of-enrollment policy on a first read that would give the superintendent discretion to admit children into kindergarten or first grade even if their birthdays fall shortly after the district’s Sept. 1 cutoff.
The change, brought to the full committee from the policy subcommittee, would allow the superintendent to consider criteria such as a child’s fifth or sixth birthday falling within 30 days of Sept. 1, enrollment in an out-of-state kindergarten program with differing eligibility rules, or documentation (for example,…
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