The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has announced that, with the addition of four more communities, 97.6% of Wisconsin school districts offer four-year-old kindergarten (4K). Enrollment for 2016-17 is at a high of 48,764 students in 401 school districts throughout the state.
For more information, click the link below for the DPI press release.
https://dpi.wi.gov/news/releases/2017/976-percent-districts-offering-elementary-education-provide-4k
To help eliminate disparities in schools, earlier this year we announced a grant opportunity to build pathways for local and nutritious food to reach more schools across the Midwest. We’re so excited to announce that in the first round of grants, we received 67 applicants!
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