By Sara Beth Williams– — The San Juan Unified School District plans to add four new Transitional Kindergarten classrooms at Citrus Heights public schools this coming school year, district officials say.
The district will be adding an additional TK classroom to Arlington Heights Elementary, Cambridge Heights Elementary and Lichen K-8, making it two TK classes at each of these schools, San Juan Unified School District Director of Communication Raj Rai said in June. The school district is also adding a full TK class at Mariposa Avenue Elementary. The school previously had a combo TK/Kindergarten class.
Transitional Kindergarten classes exist as a transition between preschool and kindergarten, and have traditionally been offered to four- and five-year-olds whose birthday falls before a certain cutoff date. The classes are offered as free public education, instead of as paid childcare. The cutoff date has moved forward every year since the initial roll out of transitional kindergarten began…