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JEB Entrance Age Policy

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SHUTESBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COMMITTEE

ENTRANCE AGE

In an attempt to permit children to enter school at the time most appropriate for them individually, the School Committee establishes the following policy on entrance age:

1.  Children who will be five years of age prior to the first day of the school year during which they wish to enroll will be eligible to enter kindergarten for that school year.

The admission of children whose birthdays fall after the first day of school will be solely at the discretion of the Administration.

2.  Initial admission of children to the first grade (or other grades) will involve a consideration of both chronological age and the readiness of the children to do the work of those grades.

SOURCE: MASC October 2016

LEGAL REFS.:  M.G.L. 15:1G

603 CMR 8.00

 

Reviewed and edited by the Shutesbury Policy Committee:  11-15-18
First Reading by the Shutesbury School Committee:  01-17-19
Second Reading by the Shutesbury School Committee:  02-14-19
Final Vote by Shutesbury School Committee:  03-14-19