Early Kindergarden Admission

Amy Hetzner on Waukesha's decision to halt early kinderdarten admissions:

The Waukesha School Board decided earlier this year to eliminate early admission for children who have not celebrated their fifth birthday by Sept. 1, arguing that the expense of testing the children outweighed the benefit for the few who got in to kindergarten.

The move puts the district at the center of a national trend that observers say is resulting in an older crop of kindergartners

Posted by Jim Zellmer at August 22, 2004 8:07 AM
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