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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Proposed kindergarten cutoff date would mean some California kids start school later - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

Proposed kindergarten cutoff date would mean some California kids start school later - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee
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Cosumnes River Elementary is a rarity these days – a new school built amid budget cuts and layoffs.

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For decades, millions of Californians with children who have fall birthdays have struggled over whether to pack their 4-year-olds off to kindergarten – or hold them back because they might be too young to start school.
Sacramento School districts are eligible for federal funding to help 1,801 refugee children in grades K-12 who have arrived in the county in the last three years, the California Department of Social Services announced today.
A Del Oro High School student's essay on the sacrifices American men and women serving in the armed forces have made and continue to make was honored in a national contest.
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School is back in session in most local districts, and students and staff are noticing big changes.


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