Just like Kindergarten, Transitional Kindergarten enrollment will be voluntary.  It is a free public school program.

The standards, curriculum and teaching requirements in Transitional Kindergarten will be different from preschool. Transitional Kindergarten will be part of the K-12 public education system and it will be based on the kindergarten standards. It will build on the skills children may have learned in preschool to ensure they will be able to begin kindergarten with confidence.

Although the curriculum in transitional kindergarten will be based on the kindergarten standards, it will be modified to meet the academic, social and emotional needs of younger children. The transitional kindergarten environment will include more opportunities for social-emotional, language development and communication through dramatic play; small group instruction; and intentional teaching through hands-on activities.

English learners in transitional kindergarten will have the same level of services as those in kindergarten.

Transitional Kindergarten teachers will be required to have a teaching credential.

Transitional kindergarteners will typically be 6 years old when they start first grade and turn 7 years old during the first few months of the school year.

No, they will be 18 years old when they graduate and will turn 19 years old several months after graduation.

Districts will be required to offer the same services to Transitional Kindergarteners with Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) as they currently offer to children in kindergarten.

Transitional kindergarten is the first year of a two-year kindergarten experience. Children will go on to kindergarten after completing transitional kindergarten.

Please visit our Enrollment page regarding "Full Day Kindergarten" for eligibility information.

After the Transitional Kindergarten year, you will return to your home/resident school for Kindergarten through grade 5. If you would like to stay at the TK site for Kindergarten, you will need to apply for an intra-district permit during the Open Enrollment period which beginsin March.  Approval will depend on space availability.