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Superintendent: schools off to a strong start; TK expansion and safety partnerships underway
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Shelton reported the district has about 20 transitional-kindergarten classrooms serving "well over 300 kids," noted strong community engagement at back-to-school events and said police and fire departments partnered at school sites to greet students.
Superintendent Dr. Shelton opened the board's public session with an account of the first week of school, emphasizing community engagement and new early-learning spaces.
"We have, how many TK, classrooms over 19? 20? 20 TK classrooms. So well over 300 kids that are participating in our TK program," Dr. Shelton said, highlighting the district's expansion of early learning options and new TK facilities at multiple campuses. He noted staff and many alumni-staff connections and called the start of school "awesome."
Dr. Shelton also described coordination with city partners: police officers and fire personnel greeted students on opening days and the district's school resource officer and community engagement teams were visible across campuses. He listed roughly 19 larger district projects underway and said the district will continue to publish opportunities for community tours and ribbon-cutting events so residents can see completed and in-progress work.
