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Hillsboro board hears detailed redistricting options as district plans for full‑day kindergarten
Summary
Administrators presented three plans to balance elementary enrollments and create space for full‑day kindergarten, including keeping six neighborhood schools with adjusted boundaries, centralizing early childhood at Triangle, or a fourth‑grade transition school; public sessions are scheduled for October–November.
The Hillsborough Township Board of Education received a detailed briefing on September 29 about elementary redistricting and preparations to implement full‑day kindergarten for the 2026–27 school year.
Superintendent (speaking during the superintendent's report) introduced Joel Handler, who led a data‑driven presentation showing uneven K–4 population density across six elementary schools and how projected housing development will affect enrollment. "Both of these goals are very intertwined," Handler said, describing the twin aims of completing elementary redistricting and planning for full‑day kindergarten.
Handler cited a demographic study by Arkridge and said recent completed developments produced about 71 new students (slightly above a prior projection of 66) and that additional construction…
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