The Mercury News – Katy Murphy
“After a monthslong guessing game about its fate, a new, two-year kindergarten program will open in hundreds of California school districts in August. Transitional kindergarten, as it’s called, is an extra year of school for “fall babies,” the roughly 125,000 children who turn 5 between Sept. 1 and Dec. 2. The mandate is written into a law that will gradually move the kindergarten entry date from Dec. 2 to Sept. 1; transitional kindergarten is for children whose birthdays fall in-between. This year, children must turn 5 by Nov. 1 to enroll in a standard kindergarten class. ” (more)