When Alison Cate began thinking about kindergarten for her son, Beric, she had some concerns. Beric’s 5th birthday was the day before school started. While he was outgoing at daycare, he often seemed a step behind his peers who were slightly older.
“I knew he was social enough and smart enough. I knew he could go to kindergarten if we really wanted to send him,” Alison explains. “But I didn’t want him to be the youngest or the smallest in his class, or feel like he was always behind.”
So when a friend told her about the new transitional kindergarten (TK) program opening in the Waukee Community School District for the 2025-26 school year, Alison knew it was exactly what her family needed…