FINAL REPORT: YEAR 1

Charting Progress in 4-year-old Kindergarten (4K) in Wisconsin: Focus on the “Community Approach”

2003-04 and 2004-05

Diane Adams Mary Roach Sara Schmitt

Wisconsin Child Care Research Partnership University of Wisconsin-Extension

This research was conducted as part of the Early Education Matters project, under a contract from the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families, funded by the Joyce Foundation

May, 2005

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Charting Progress in 4-year-old Kindergarten (4K) in Wisconsin:

Focus on the “Community Approach” 2003-04 and 2004-05

This report on the status of publicly-funded 4-year-old kindergarten (4K) in Wisconsin is a result of a year-long investigation by staff of the Wisconsin Child Care Research Partnership. As part of the Early Education Matters (EEM) project, led by the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families and funded by the Joyce Foundation, we conducted surveys and analyzed reports from the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) web site, including the “Districts Reporting 4K Programs” list, the “1290 Fall Enrollment Report” for 2003-2004, the “1207 Report” for 2003-04, and the “1207 Fall Enrollment Report” for Milwaukee Choice Schools for 2003-04. www.dpi.state.wi.us/statistics. Because DPI is working to restructure its data systems to align the “fall enrollment” data for the 1290 report with the 1203 finance report, which details the number of 4K districts for membership aid purposes, reports for 2004-05 have not yet been posted on the DPI web site. However DPI staff provided us with unaudited reports for purposes of this report. Four-year-old children have been attending public school programs in Wisconsin over 100 years. The state made a constitutional commitment to early education in 1848 which called for school districts to be as uniform as practical and free to all children starting at age 4. Among Wisconsin’s 426 public school districts, 10 are unified high school programs, leaving 416 public elementary school districts that could potentially offer 4K programs within their districts. During the past year, the Child Care Research Partnership reviewed enrollment trends and conducted surveys of public school districts in an effort to document increases in 4K in Wisconsin from the 2003-04 to the 2004-05 school years. Districts offering 4K. Table 1 provides a baseline summary of the 189 public school districts in 59 counties that offered 4K during the 2003-04 school year, the first year of the EEM grant. Appendix A displays these data for all 416 school districts, by type of enrollment into four groups, based on how they reported enrollments for 4K on the 1290 report: 4K only (n = 43) , PK only (n = 59), both 4K and PK (n = 87), or neither 4K nor PK (n=28). “4K” is statutorily defined as being available programs for all 4-year-old children. “PK” is usually defined as a program offered to developmentally or financially “at risk” children, and is not universally available to all children, though the category is not exclusively used for that purpose on some DPI reports. Among districts that showed enrollments for PK only, 59 districts were among the 189 districts identified by DPI as offering 4K, suggesting that districts may not always report enrollments in the “correct” categories, but that the Department assures 4K enrollments for membership aid purposes.

Table 1. Summary of DPI 4K in Wisconsin Public School Districts (2003-2004)

“Districts reporting 4K” Number of 4K Children 4K only 43 1,323 4K& PK 87 12,984 PK only 59 2,650

No 4K or PK 0 0

Total 189 16,957

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Renewed leadership by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction combined with heightened interest in “school readiness,” availability of space due to declining enrollments in 266 of Wisconsin’s school districts (Legislative Fiscal Bureau Paper #627, May 2005), and the role schools can play in applying early brain development research have contributed to an increased interest in state funding for school districts to offer 4K Wisconsin may be the only state in which the four-year-old program is directly built into the state school aid formula (membership aid). Charter districts and “choice” schools. In addition to regular public schools, DPI data for 2003-04 indicate that 6 charter schools served 246 four-year-old children and 4 state agencies served 49 four-year-old children (Table 2).

Table 2. Summary of 4K in Wisconsin Charter Districts/State Agencies 2003-04 1290 Report Enrollment A. 4K only 4K PK

1 Downtown Montessori 14 0 2 Khamit Institute 15 0 3 Marva Collins Prep School of WI 43 0 4 Milwaukee Academy of Science 75 0

B. 4K & PK

5 School for Early Development & Achievement 24 11

C. PK only 6 Urban League Academy 0 64 7 Brown Co CDEB 0 4 8 Walworth Co CDEB 0 41 9 WI Dept of Health & Family Services 0 1

10 Wisconsin Dept of Public Instruction 0 3 Total = 10 171 124

In Milwaukee, 99 of 124 private “parental choice” schools received state funding for 1,337 low-income 4-year-old children (see Table 3). Choice schools are included in this report because they receive public funding. They also follow the same membership aid rules as public schools (either .05 FTE or .06 FTE, depending on whether outreach is included for 4K). Total funding for all “choice” schools in Milwaukee in 2004-05 was estimated to be $87,362,100 (for 14,700 pupils at $5,943 per pupil) (see DPI Milwaukee Parental Choice Program Facts and Figures for 2004-05). Neither charter nor “choice” 4K enrollments are included in DPI statistics on children enrolled in 4K, because they are considered differently for funding reports. The number of students enrolled in “choice” programs represent full-time equivalents (FTE); 4-year-old kindergarten children may be counted as either a 0.5 FTE or a 0.6 FTE.

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Table 3. 4K enrollment in Milwaukee Parental Choice Schools **

A. 4K 1207 Report Enrollment

4K 1 Agape Center of Academic Excellence 38 2 Alex's Academics of Excellence 9 3 Atlas Preparatory Academy 26 4 Atonement Lutheran School 22 5 Believers in Christ Christian Academy 23 6 Bessie M. Gray Prep Academy 14 7 Blessed Sacrament School 15 8 Blyden Delany Academy no report submitted 9 Catholic East Elementary School 15 10 Ceria M. Travis Academy 2 11 Christ St. Peter Lutheran School 9 12 Clara Mohammad School 4 13 Community Vision Academy LTD 24 14 Corpus Christi School 16 15 Daughters of the Father Christian Academy no report submitted 16 Dr. Brenda Noach Choice School not reported 17 Early View Academy of Excellence 21 18 Eastbrook Academy 38 19 Emmaus Lutheran School 13 20 Family Academy no enrollment 21 Family Montessori School 10 22 Forever Free Martin Center of Learning no report submitted 23 Garden Homes Lutheran School 15 24 Gospel Lutheran School 7 25 Grace Christian Academy not reported 26 Grace Preparatory School of Excellence 11 27 Harambee Community School not reported 28 Hickman's Academy Preparatory School not reported 29 Holy Redeemer Christian Academy not reported 30 Holy Wisdom Academy 16 31 Howard's Child Development Center/Learning Academy not reported 32 Jared C. Bruce Academy 37 33 Kindergarten Plus not reported 34 King's Academy Christian School 16 35 Lavender Hills II not reported 36 Louis Tucker Academy 8 37 Loves Community Learning Academy not reported 38 Mandella School of Science-Math 23

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39 Mary Queen of Martyrs 20 40 Medgar Evers Academy 9

41 Menelik II University/The Sensas-Utcha Institute of Holistic Learning not reported

42 Messmer Catholic Schools 21 43 Milwaukee Montessori School 60 44 Milwaukee Multicultural Academy 11 45 Milwaukee School of Choice not reported 46 Milwaukee School of Science and Math not reported 47 Mother of Good Counsel School 20 48 Mount Calvary Lutheran School 12 49 Nazareth Lutheran School 12 50 Noah's Ark Preparatory 15 51 Oklahoma Avenue Lutheran School 3 52 Our Lady of Good Hope School 11 53 Our Lady of Sorrows School 7 54 Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish 11 55 Parklawn Christian School 13 56 Prince of Peace 32 57 Respect for Life Community School 3 58 Risen Savior Evangelical Lutheran School not reported 59 Saint Adalbert School 40 60 Saint Anthony's School 62 61 Saint Bernadette School 16 62 Saint Catherine of Alexandria not reported 63 Saint Catherine School 19 64 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Academy 10 65 Saint John Kanty School 11 66 Saint Josaphat Parish School 17 67 Saint Leo Catholic Urban Academy 14 68 Saint Marcus Lutheran School 21 69 Saint Margaret Mary School 29 70 Saint Martini Lutheran School 28 71 Saint Paul Catholic School 12 72 Saint Peter-Immanuel Lutheran School 23 73 Saint Phillip Neri Catholic School 18 74 Saint Philip's Lutheran School 10 75 Saint Rafael the Archangel School 20 76 Saint Rose Catholic Urban Academy 21 77 Saint Sebastian School 30 78 Saint Vincent Pallotti School 8

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79 Salam School 36 80 Seeds of Health-Hilltop 29 81 Seeds of Health-Parkside 50 82 Seeds of Health-Windlake not reported 83 Seeds of Health-Grandview High not reported 84 Sharon Junior Academy not reported 85 Sherman Park Preschool 13 86 Siloah Lutheran School 38 87 School of Universal Learning no report submitted 88 Tamarack Community School 11 89 Texas Bufkin Academy 2 90 Urban Day School no report submitted 91 Victory Preparatory Academy 16 92 Voyager Academy of Technology not reported 93 Woodlands School 28 94 Woodson Academy no report submitted 95 Word of Life Evangelical Lutheran School not reported 96 Yeshiva Elementary School 13 97 Young Saints Academy of Learning not reported 98 Young Stars Universal Academy no report submitted 99 Youth Educational Solutions no report submitted Total= 99 1337

**Note: Private Schools report 4K enrollment under the PK category, and do not always submit their enrollments despite frequent reminders from DPI.

“Community Approach” 4K. According to the latest U.S. Census, there were approximately 70,000 4-year-old children in Wisconsin. A total of 1,605 of these 4-year-old children were enrolled in 107 classroom groupings, located in 51 “community approach” program sites within 13 public school districts during the first year (2003-2004) of the EEM grant (See Table 4 for a summary of these districts). Appendix B describes each of the 13 public school districts in detail according to their number of 4K sites (distinct locations), groupings of children in classrooms (half-day or full-day), and total enrollment in that year. “Community approach” to 4K districts is categorized within the following models for this report: • A school-based 4K program that also collaborates with one or more “community

approach” Head Start or child care programs in the district (IB) • A Head Start program, in which a state-licensed teacher employed by the public

school offers 4K (IIA) • A child care program, in which a state-licensed teacher employed by the public

school offers 4K (IIB) • A program that combines 4K, Head Start, and child care in one location, in which a

state-licensed teacher employed by the public school offers 4K (IIC) • An independent Head Start (IIIA) or child care (IIIB) program employs a state-

licensed 4K teacher, and the school district contracts for 4K services.

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Groupings 4 11 4 2 2 2 11 36Children 57 171 93 25 28 48 170 592

Sites 1 1 1 3 1 7Groupings 2 3 2 9 2 18

Children 28 49 33 93 36 239Sites 2 4 1 2 3 12

Groupings 4 14 2 3 4 27Children 57 202 40 60 53 412

Sites 1 1Groupings 4 4

Children 63 63Sites 1 1 1 1 1 5

Groupings 2 2 1 2 1 8Children 14 34 20 33 6 107

Sites 4 1 1 4 10Groupings 4 2 2 6 14

Children 59 36 28 69 192Sites 2 1 2 1 3 15 6 1 5 4 2 8 1 51

Groupings 6 2 5 2 9 21 18 4 7 7 4 21 1 107Children 71 28 83 33 93 323 295 63 121 121 76 292 6 1605

Table 4: Summary of the 13 Wisconsin Pubic School Districts with Community Approaches to 4K 2003-2004

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Currently, 208 public school districts offer 4K, for 18,617 children, or nearly one quarter of all 4-year-olds in the state. This represents a 10% increase both in the number of districts offering 4K and the number of children enrolled in 4K in the 2004-05 as compared with the 2003-04 school year. Although only 4% (18/416) of Wisconsin’s elementary school districts currently collaborate with Head Start or child care centers to offer “community approach” 4K (and none have agreements with licensed family child care), there was a 38% increase in the number of public school districts collaborating with Head Start or child care, as well as a 39% increase in the number of children enrolled in “community approach” 4K in Wisconsin between 2003-04 and 2004-05. Table 5 provides a summary of the 18 public school districts in 14 counties that offered “community approach” 4K for 2,239 children in 2004-05. Appendix C provides

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details on the models and locations. A state map at the end of this report displays the “community approach” districts in 2003-04 and 2004-05, as well as the counties offering 4K.

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TotalSites 1 1 8 2 3 1 1 4 4 25

Groupings 3 3 12 4 4 2 4 15 6 53Children 42 53 202 90 51 36 64 241 98 877

Sites 1 1 1 1 1 5Groupings 2 3 4 2 1 12

Children 29 41 38 29 22 159Sites 1 2 4 1 1 3 2 1 3 18

Groupings 1 3 13 1 2 3 3 2 6 34Children 18 40 196 21 40 40 60 32 102 549

Sites 1 1Groupings 5 5

Children 80 80Sites 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 12

Groupings 2 2 2 2 10 1 2 1 1 1 24Children 23 15 33 36 97 20 33 17 13 6 293

Sites 6 1 1 6 2 16Groupings 6 2 1 8 3 20

Children 68 33 14 103 48 266Sites 1 1

Groupings 1 1Children 15 15

Sites 2 1 1 2 1 2 4 17 6 1 1 6 4 4 2 12 11 1 78Groupings 5 2 2 5 2 4 14 23 17 5 1 9 4 7 5 26 17 1 149

Children 65 29 15 74 36 71 135 339 286 80 21 144 62 129 78 393 276 6 2239

Table 5: Summary of 18 Wisconsin Pubic School Districts with Community Approaches to 4K2004-2005

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APPENDIX A DPI Data on 4K and PK in Wisconsin Public School Districts (2003-2004)

I. Public School District 1290 Report Enrollment Does the district report 4K? A. 4K only 4K PK 1 Alma 13 0 yes 2 Argyle 20 0 yes 3 Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine 4 0 yes 4 Benton 25 0 yes 5 Boulder Junction J1 22 0 yes 6 Chetek 55 0 yes 7 Denmark 87 0 yes 8 Drummond Area 33 0 yes 9 Elmwood 31 0 yes 10 Erin 26 0 yes 11 Florence 42 0 yes 12 Fontana J8 21 0 yes 13 Geneva J4 6 0 yes 14 Glendale-River Hills 75 0 yes 15 Goodman-Armstrong 11 0 yes 16 Granton Area 17 0 yes 17 Herman #22 11 0 yes 18 Independence 29 0 yes 19 Jefferson 8 0 no 20 La Farge 8 0 yes 21 Lac du Flambeau #1 28 0 yes 22 Linn J4 10 0 yes 23 Linn J6 11 0 yes 24 Maple Dale-Indian Hill 34 0 yes 25 Mercer 10 0 yes 26 Necedah Area 42 0 yes 27 Neosho J3 16 0 yes 28 Norway J7 47 0 yes 29 Pepin Area 17 0 yes 30 Plum City 18 0 yes 31 Princeton 13 0 yes 32 Randolph 18 0 yes 33 Rio Community 31 0 yes 34 Seneca 15 0 yes 35 Shorewood 112 0 yes 36 Stockbridge 13 0 yes

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37 Stratford 43 0 yes 38 Tigerton 21 0 yes 39 Walworth J1 58 0 yes 40 Weyerhaeuser Area* 6 0 yes 41 Whitefish Bay 152 0 yes 42 Wilmot Grade 7 0 yes 43 Wonewoc-Union Center 21 0 yes 44 Woodruff J1 37 0 yes Total= 44 1323 0 B. 4K & PK 1 Adams-Friendship Area 114 13 yes 2 Algoma 35 5 yes 3 Amery 86 10 yes 4 Arcadia 68 9 yes 5 Athens 42 2 yes 6 Barron Area* 76 8 yes 7 Blair-Taylor* 27 14 yes 8 Bruce 26 3 yes 9 Cassville 9 1 yes 10 Cedar Grove-Belgium Area 70 3 yes 11 Clayton 25 6 yes 12 Cochrane-Fountain City 45 2 yes 13 Colby* 55 5 yes 14 Coleman 48 6 yes 15 Colfax* 34 10 yes 16 Cornell 28 2 yes 17 Cuba City 37 5 yes 18 Cudahy 137 19 yes 19 Delavan-Darien 145 3 yes 20 Dodgeland 47 9 yes 21 Dodgeville 64 10 yes 22 Eau Claire Area* 90 115 yes 23 Edgar 45 5 yes 24 Elk Mound Area 43 13 yes 25 Fennimore Community 45 4 yes 26 Fond du Lac 34 96 yes 27 Fox Point J2 76 2 yes 28 Freedom Area 89 14 yes 29 Glenwood City 37 13 yes 30 Glidden 12 4 yes

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31 Grantsburg 43 7 yes 32 Greendale 42 10 yes 33 Greenfield 158 22 yes 34 Hamilton 219 17 yes 35 Hurley 22 3 yes 36 Iowa-Grant 40 11 yes 37 Juda 19 4 yes 38 Kenosha 106 662 yes 39 Kewaskum 85 12 yes 40 Kimberly Area 207 60 yes 41 Kohler 38 7 yes 42 La Crosse* 332 33 yes 43 Ladysmith-Hawkins 64 6 yes 44 Lena 27 1 yes 45 Loyal 40 5 yes 46 Madison Metropolitan 29 224 no 47 Medford Area 96 24 yes 48 Mellen 20 2 yes 49 Menasha 127 38 yes 50 Menomonie Area 13 57 no 51 Merton Community 63 3 yes 52 Milwaukee* 5947 497 yes 53 Monticello 25 1 yes 54 Neillsville 44 14 yes 55 New Auburn 12 9 yes 56 Northern Ozaukee 42 8 yes 57 Oconomowoc Area 184 34 yes 58 Oconto Falls 110 11 yes 59 Plymouth 37 46 yes 60 Portage Community* 32 19 yes 61 Prairie du Chien Area 68 14 yes 62 Racine 235 253 yes 63 Rice Lake Area* 53 46 yes 64 River Ridge 26 2 yes 65 Rosendale-Brandon 60 8 yes 66 Rosholt 38 4 yes 67 Saint Francis 22 38 yes 68 Sevastopol 21 11 yes 69 Sharon J11 35 5 yes 70 Sheboygan Area 554 62 yes

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71 Shiocton 52 6 yes 72 Shullsburg 34 5 yes 73 Slinger 140 21 yes 74 South Milwaukee 161 27 yes 75 Southern Door County 55 14 yes 76 Southwestern Wisconsin 30 13 yes 77 Sparta Area 121 16 yes 78 Spencer 44 8 yes 79 Stevens Point Area 31 6 yes 80 Sturgeon Bay* 91 16 yes 81 Trevor Grade 35 5 yes 82 Turtle Lake 24 6 yes 83 Viroqua Area 72 7 yes 84 Waukesha 61 81 yes 85 Waunakee Community 21 48 yes 86 Wausau 290 60 yes 87 Wausaukee 42 6 yes 88 Wauwatosa 366 14 yes 89 West Allis 332 75 yes 90 Wrightstown Community 2 9 no Total= 90 12984 3144 C. PK only 1 Abbotsford 0 5 no 2 Albany 0 25 yes 3 Alma Center 0 45 yes 4 Almond-Bancroft 0 2 no 5 Altoona 0 26 no 6 Antigo 0 30 no 7 Appleton Area 0 290 no 8 Ashland 0 6 no 9 Ashwaubenon 0 31 no 10 Auburndale 0 47 yes 11 Augusta 0 37 no 12 Baldwin-Woodville Area 0 8 no 13 Baraboo 0 29 no 14 Barneveld 0 32 yes 15 Bayfield 0 10 no 16 Beaver Dam 0 63 yes 17 Belleville 0 19 no 18 Belmont Community 0 19 yes

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19 Beloit 0 263 no 20 Beloit Turner 0 26 no 21 Berlin Area 0 41 no 22 Birchwood 0 6 yes 23 Black Hawk 0 29 yes 24 Black River Falls 0 47 no 25 Bloomer 0 9 no 26 Bonduel 0 9 no 27 Boscobel Area 0 19 no 28 Bowler 0 35 yes 29 Boyceville Community 0 62 yes 30 Brighton #1 0 1 no 31 Brillion 0 8 no 32 Brodhead 0 12 no 33 Brown Deer 0 19 no 34 Burlington Area 0 25 no 35 Butternut 0 1 yes 36 Cadott Community 0 23 no 37 Cambria-Friesland 0 24 yes 38 Cambridge 0 8 no 39 Cameron 0 8 no 40 Campbellsport 0 29 no 41 Cashton 0 25 yes 42 Cedarburg 0 21 no 43 Chilton 0 68 yes 44 Chippewa Falls Area 0 90 no 45 Clear Lake 0 40 yes 46 Clinton Community 0 10 no 47 Clintonville 0 8 no 48 Columbus 0 7 no 49 Crandon 0 8 no 50 Crivitz 0 42 yes 51 Cumberland 0 54 yes 52 D C Everest Area 0 52 no 53 Darlington Community 0 13 no 54 De Forest Area 0 21 no 55 De Pere 0 36 no 56 De Soto Area 0 38 yes 57 Deerfield Community 0 8 no 58 Durand 0 73 yes 59 East Troy Community 0 11 no 60 Edgerton 0 27 no

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61 Elcho 0 4 no 62 Eleva-Strum 0 5 no 63 Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah 0 1 yes 64 Elkhorn Area 0 9 no 65 Ellsworth Community 0 8 no 66 Elmbrook 0 64 no 67 Evansville Community 0 15 no 68 Fall Creek 0 10 no 69 Fall River 0 19 yes 70 Flambeau 0 42 yes 71 Fort Atkinson 0 16 no 72 Franklin Public 0 17 no 73 Frederic 0 6 no 74 Friess Lake 0 1 no 75 Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau 0 5 no 76 Germantown 0 20 no 77 Gibraltar Area 0 17 no 78 Gillett 0 11 no 79 Gilman 0 20 yes 80 Gilmanton 0 15 yes 81 Grafton 0 33 no 82 Green Bay Area 0 400 no 83 Greenwood 0 29 yes 84 Hartford J1 0 39 no 85 Hartland-Lakeside J3 0 21 no 86 Hayward Community 0 16 no 87 Highland 0 22 yes 88 Hillsboro 0 24 yes 89 Holmen 0 18 no 90 Horicon 0 13 no 91 Hortonville 0 13 no 92 Howards Grove 0 3 no 93 Howard-Suamico 0 62 no 94 Hudson 0 39 no 95 Hustisford 0 20 yes 96 Iola-Scandinavia 0 9 no 97 Janesville 0 234 no 98 Johnson Creek 0 5 no 99 Kaukauna Area 0 248 yes 100 Kettle Moraine 0 67 no 101 Kewaunee 0 53 yes 102 Kickapoo Area 0 21 no

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103 Kiel Area 0 23 no 104 Lake Holcombe 0 16 no 105 Lake Mills Area 0 16 no 106 Lancaster Community 0 17 no 107 Laona 0 19 yes 108 Little Chute Area 0 9 yes 109 Lodi 0 19 no 110 Luxemburg-Casco 0 15 no 111 Manawa 0 12 no 112 Manitowoc 0 84 yes 113 Maple 0 14 no 114 Marathon City 0 5 yes 115 Marinette 0 128 yes 116 Marion 0 37 yes 117 Markesan 0 10 no 118 Marshall 0 86 yes 119 Marshfield 0 52 no 120 Mauston 0 33 no 121 Mayville 0 13 no 122 McFarland 0 35 no 123 Melrose-Mindoro 0 19 no 124 Menominee Indian 0 25 no 125 Menomonee Falls 0 35 no 126 Mequon-Thiensville 0 20 no 127 Merrill Area 0 102 no 128 Middleton-Cross Plains 0 53 no 129 Milton 0 25 no 130 Mineral Point 0 49 yes 131 Minocqua J1 0 2 no 132 Mishicot 0 7 yes 133 Mondovi 0 11 yes 134 Monona Grove 0 59 yes 135 Monroe 0 27 no 136 Montello 0 30 yes 137 Mosinee 0 15 no 138 Mount Horeb Area 0 11 no 139 Mukwonago 0 18 no 140 Muskego-Norway 0 37 no 141 Neenah 0 75 no 142 New Berlin 0 27 no 143 New Glarus 0 11 no 144 New Holstein 0 35 no

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145 New Lisbon 0 35 yes 146 New London 0 23 no 147 New Richmond 0 20 no 148 Niagara 0 3 no 149 North Cape 0 2 no 150 North Crawford 0 40 yes 151 North Fond du Lac 0 7 no 152 North Lake 0 15 no 153 Northland Pines 0 12 no 154 Northwood 0 10 no 155 Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton 0 41 no 156 Oak Creek-Franklin 0 20 no 157 Oakfield 0 10 no 158 Oconto 0 12 no 159 Omro 0 26 no 160 Onalaska 0 7 no 161 Oostburg 0 11 no 162 Oregon 0 31 no 163 Osceola 0 14 no 164 Oshkosh Area 0 161 no 165 Osseo-Fairchild 0 7 no 166 Owen-Withee 0 36 yes 167 Palmyra-Eagle Area 0 18 no 168 Pardeeville Area 0 8 no 169 Paris J1 0 2 no 170 Park Falls 0 5 no 171 Parkview 0 4 no 172 Pecatonica Area 0 11 no 173 Peshtigo 0 16 no 174 Pewaukee 0 28 no 175 Phelps 0 1 no 176 Phillips 0 6 no 177 Pittsville 0 29 yes 178 Platteville 0 94 yes 179 Port Washington-Saukville 0 31 no 180 Potosi 0 5 no 181 Poynette 0 15 no 182 Prairie Farm 0 3 no 183 Prentice 0 5 no 184 Prescott 0 8 no 185 Pulaski Community 0 29 no 186 Random Lake 0 8 no

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187 Reedsburg 0 24 no 188 Reedsville 0 10 no 189 Rhinelander 0 30 no 190 Rib Lake 0 14 no 191 Richfield J1 0 9 no 192 Richland 0 42 no 193 Richmond 0 34 yes 194 Ripon 0 20 no 195 River Falls 0 12 no 196 River Valley 0 10 no 197 Riverdale 0 55 yes 198 Royall 0 23 no 199 Rubicon J6 0 1 no 200 Saint Croix Central 0 6 no 201 Saint Croix Falls 0 11 no 202 Sauk Prairie 0 23 no 203 Seymour Community 0 24 no 204 Shawano-Gresham 0 150 yes 205 Sheboygan Falls 0 23 no 206 Shell Lake 0 28 yes 207 Siren 0 16 no 208 Somerset 0 90 yes 209 South Shore 0 10 yes 210 Spooner 0 14 no 211 Spring Valley 0 4 no 212 Stanley-Boyd Area 0 13 no 213 Stone Bank 0 3 no 214 Stoughton Area 0 60 no 215 Sun Prairie Area 0 67 no 216 Superior 0 40 no 217 Suring 0 9 no 218 Swallow 0 3 no 219 Thorp 0 3 yes 220 Three Lakes 0 5 no 221 Tomah Area 0 14 no 222 Tomahawk 0 16 no 223 Tomorrow River 0 9 no 224 Tri-County Area 0 6 no 225 Two Rivers 0 53 yes 226 Unity 0 13 no 227 Valders Area 0 13 no 228 Verona Area 0 21 no

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229 Washburn 0 24 yes 230 Waterloo 0 19 no 231 Watertown 0 47 no 232 Waupaca 0 89 no 233 Waupun 0 14 no 234 Wautoma Area 0 12 no 235 Wauzeka-Steuben 0 24 yes 236 Webster 0 10 no 237 West Bend 0 247 no 238 West De Pere 0 19 no 239 West Salem 0 17 no 240 Westby Area 0 13 no 241 Westfield 0 20 no 242 Weston 0 15 yes 243 Weyauwega-Fremont 0 45 yes 244 Wheatland J1 0 27 no 245 Whitehall 0 6 no 246 Whitewater 0 8 no 247 Whitnall 0 21 no 248 Wild Rose 0 7 no 249 Winneconne Community 0 24 no 250 Winter 0 6 no 251 Wisconsin Dells 0 10 no 252 Wisconsin Heights 0 10 no 253 Wisconsin Rapids 0 60 no 254 Wittenberg-Birnamwood 0 5 no Total= 254 0 7809

D. No 4K or PK 1 Bangor 2 Bristol #1 3 Dover #1 4 Genoa City J2 5 Green Lake 6 Hilbert 7 Ithaca 8 Lake Country 9 Lake Geneva J1

10 Lomira 11 Luck 12 Nekoosa 13 Norris

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14 Port Edwards 15 Randall J1 16 Raymond #14 17 Salem 18 Silver Lake J1 19 Solon Springs 20 Twin Lakes #4 21 Union Grove J1 22 Wabeno Area 23 Washington 24 Washington-Caldwell 25 Waterford Graded J1 26 White Lake 27 Williams Bay 28 Yorkville J2

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APPENDIX B** Wisconsin Public School Districts with Community Approaches to 4K

2003 – 2004 (n=13)

District Community Approach

Sites Groupings Children

1. Barron

IB

IIIA

Woodland Elementary 808 Woodland Ave. Barron, WI 54812 Dallas Head Start 100 W. Dallas St. Dallas, WI 54733

4 half-day

2 half-day

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2. Blair-Taylor

IIA Blair-Taylor Elementary Western Dairyland Head Start 219 S. Main St. Blair, WI 54616

2 half-day 28

3. Colby

IIA

IIIA

Unity Early Learning Center Indianhead Community Action Agency Head Start 310 S. Russell St. Unity, WI 54488 Dorchester Elementary Indianhead Community Action Agency Head Start 300 West Washington St. Dorchester, WI 54425

3 half-day

2 half-day

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34

4. Colfax

IIA Colfax Elementary CESA #11 Head Start 308 Birch St. Colfax, WI 54730

2 half-day 33

5. Eau Claire

IIA

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Sherman Elementary Western Dairyland Head Start 3110 Vine St. Eau Claire, WI 54703 Locust Lane Elementary Western Dairyland Head Start 3245 Locust Lane Eau Claire, WI 54703 North High School Western Dairyland Head Start 1801 Piedmont Rd. Eau Claire, WI 54703

4 half-day

2 half-day

3 half-day

40

24

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6. La Crosse

IB

IB

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Emerson Elementary 2101 Campbell Rd. La Crosse, WI 54601 Franklin Elementary 1611 Kane St. La Crosse, WI 54603 North Woods Elementary 2541 Sablewood Rd. La Crosse, WI 54601

1 half-day

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18

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** Formerly presented as “Baseline Report A”

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District Community Approach

Sites Groupings Children

IB

IB

IB

IB

IB

IIA

IIB

IIB

IIIB

IIIB

IIIB

IIIB

Roosevelt Elementary 1307 Hayes St. La Crosse, WI 54603 State Road Elementary N1821 Hagen Rd. La Crosse, WI 54601 Hintgen Elementary 3505 28th St. South La Crosse, WI 54601 Coulee Montessori Charter School 901 Caledonia St. La Crosse, WI 54603 Summit Elementary 1800 Lakeshore Dr. La Crosse, WI 54603 Hamilton/Head Start Preschool Site 1111 7th St. South La Crosse, WI 54601 Gundersen Lutheran Child Care Center 700 Bennora Lee Court La Crosse, WI 54601 Elm Grove Day Care 3710 East Ave. South La Crosse, WI 54601 Coulee Children’s Center at the Park 4647 Mormen Coulee Rd. La Crosse, WI 54601 La Crosse Montessori Preschool 1818 Redfield St. La Crosse, WI 54601 Congregational Preschool, Inc. 2503 Main St. La Crosse, WI 54601 Coulee Children’s Center, Inc. 2935 East Ave. South La Crosse, WI 54601

1 half-day

1 half-day

2 half-day

1 half-day

2 half-day

2 half-day

2 half-day

2 half-day

1 half-day

1 half-day

1 half-day

1 half-day

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15

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7. Milwaukee

IB

IB

Hartford Avenue Elementary 2227 E. Hartford Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53211 Zablocki Elementary 1016 W. Oklahoma Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53215

3 full-day

1 full-day

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District Community Approach

Sites Groupings Children

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

Child Development Center of St. Joseph 1600 W. Oklahoma Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53215 UW- Milwaukee Children’s Center 2114 E. Kenwood Blvd. Milwaukee, WI 53211 La Causa Day Care Center 809 W. Greenfield Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53204 Carter Child Development Center 2001 W. Vliet Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53205

4 half-day

2 full-day

4 half-day

4 full-day

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34

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8. Montello

IIC Montello Early Learning Center CAP Services Head Start Community Options 383 East Montello Ave. Montello, WI 53949

3 half-day 1 full-day

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9.

Portage

IB

IB

IIB

IIIA

IIIB

Woodridge Primary School 333 East Slifer St. Portage, WI 53901 Endeavor Elementary 414 Church St. Endeavor, WI 53930 The Alphabet Express Preschool 118 W. Pleasant St. Portage, WI 53901 Renewal Unlimited Inc. Head Start 2930 Red Fox Run Portage, WI 53901 The Little School, Inc. 904 DeWitt St. Portage, WI 53901

1 half-day

1 half-day

2 half-day

1 half-day

2 half-day

14

11

40

20

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10. Rice Lake

IB

IIB

IIB

IIIA

Tainter Elementary 2201 Carrie Ave. Rice Lake, WI 54868 Kiddie Korner Child Care Center 608 W-Marshall St. Rice Lake, WI 54868 Hilltop Day Care 104 Cameron Rd. Rice Lake, WI 54868 Rice Lake Head Start 307 E. Barker St. Rice Lake, WI 54868

2 half-day

2 half-day

1 half-day

2 half-day

28

40

20

33

22

District Community Approach

Sites Groupings Children

11. Sturgeon Bay

IB

IIIB

Sunset Elementary 827 N. 8th Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Door County Child Care 3913 Cherry Rd. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

2 half-day

2 half-day

48

28

12. Wausau

IB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIIB

IIIB

IIIB

IIIB

A.C. Kiefer Education Center 700 W. Strowbridge St. Wausau, WI 54401 Bridging the Gap Child Care/Preschool 406 Grant St. Wausau, WI 54403 Wausau Child Care Inc. 505 N. 28th Ave. Wausau, WI 54401 Wausau Child Care Inc. 721 Franklin St. Wausau, WI 54403 Rib Mountain Montessori 5201 Lilac Ave. Wausau, WI 54401 YMCA Child Development Center 707 3rd St. Wausau, WI 54403 YWCA Child Development Center 613 5th St. Wausau, WI 54403 Little Scholars Preschool 512 McClellan St. Wausau, WI 54403

11 half-day

2 half-day

1 half-day

1 half-day

1 half-day

2 half-day

2 half-day

1 half-day

170

26

14

13

12

24

18

15

13. Weyerhauser Area

IIIA ICAA Child Development Center 339 N. Main St. Bruce, WI 54819

1 half-day 6

23

Appendix C Wisconsin Public School Districts with Community Approaches to 4K

2004 - 2005 (n=18) District Community

Approach Sites Groupings Children

1. Barron

IB

IIIA

Woodland Elementary 808 Woodland Ave. Barron, WI 54812 Dallas Head Start 100 W. Dallas St. Dallas, WI 54733

3 half-day

2 half-day

42

23

2. Blair-Taylor

IIA Blair-Taylor Elementary Western Dairyland Head Start 219 S. Main St. Blair, WI 54616

2 half-day 29

3. Bruce IIIA ICAA Child Development Center 339 N. Main St. Bruce, WI 54819

2 half-day 15

4. Colby

IIA

IIIA

Unity Early Learning Center Indianhead Community Action Agency Head Start 310 S. Russell St. Unity, WI 54488 Dorchester Elementary Indianhead Community Action Agency Head Start 300 West Washington St. Dorchester, WI 54425

3 half-day

2 half-day

41

33

5. Colfax

IIIA Colfax Elementary CESA #11 Head Start 308 Birch St. Colfax, WI 54730

2 half-day 36

6. Durand IB

IIB

Caddie-Woodlawn Elementary 650 Auth St. Durand WI 54736 Noah’s Ark 901 West Prospect St. Durand, WI 54736

3 full-day

1 full-day

53

18

7. Eau Claire

IIA

Sherman Elementary Western Dairyland Head Start 3110 Vine St. Eau Claire, WI 54703

4 half-day

38

24

District Community Approach

Sites Groupings Children

IIIA

IIIA

IIIA

Locust Lane Elementary Western Dairyland Head Start 3245 Locust Lane Eau Claire, WI 54703 North High School Western Dairyland Head Start 1801 Piedmont Rd. Eau Claire, WI 54703 Western Dairyland Head Start 623 Traux Blvd. Eau Claire, WI 54703

2 half-day

3 half-day

4 half-day 1 full-day

28

31

38

8. La Crosse

IB

IB

IB

IB

IB

IB

IB

IB

Emerson Elementary 2101 Campbell Rd. La Crosse, WI 54601 Franklin Elementary 1611 Kane St. La Crosse, WI 54603 North Woods Elementary 2541 Sablewood Rd. La Crosse, WI 54601 Roosevelt Elementary 1307 Hayes St. La Crosse, WI 54603 State Road Elementary N1821 Hagen Rd. La Crosse, WI 54601 Hintgen Elementary 3505 28th St. South La Crosse, WI 54601 Coulee Montessori Charter School 901 Caledonia St. La Crosse, WI 54603 Summit Elementary 1800 Lakeshore Dr. La Crosse, WI 54603

1 half-day

1 half-day

3 half-day

1 half-day

1 half-day

2 half-day

1 half-day

2 half-day

18

20

49

15

15

34 8

43

25

District Community Approach

Sites Groupings Children

IIA

IIB

IIB

IIIB

IIIB

IIIB

IIIB

IIIB

IIIB

Hamilton/Head Start Preschool Site 1111 7th St. South La Crosse, WI Gundersen Lutheran Child Care Center 700 Bennora Lee Court La Crosse, WI 54601 Elm Grove Day Care 3710 East Ave. South La Crosse, WI 54601 Coulee Children’s Center at the Park 4647 Mormen Coulee Rd. La Crosse, WI 54601 La Crosse Montessori Preschool 1818 Redfield St. La Crosse, WI 54601 La Crosse Toddle Inn W2637 Highway 33 La Crosse, WI 54601 WWTC Parent Child Care Center 419 N. 9th St. La Crosse, WI 54601 Congregational Preschool, Inc. 2503 Main St. La Crosse, WI 54603 Coulee Children’s Center, Inc. 2935 East Ave. South La Crosse, WI 54601

2 half-day

2 half-day

1 half-day

1 half-day

1 half-day

1 half-day 1 half-day

1 half-day

1 half-day

29

22

18

16

11 6 4

12

19

9. Milwaukee

IB

IB

Hartford Avenue Elementary 2227 E. Hartford Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53211 Zablocki Elementary 1016 W. Oklahoma Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53215

3 full-day

1 full-day

65

25

26

District Community Approach

Sites Groupings Children

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIB

Child Development Center of St. Joseph 1600 W. Oklahoma Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53215 UW- Milwaukee Children’s Center 2114 E. Kenwood Blvd. Milwaukee, WI 53211 La Causa Day Care Center 809 W. Greenfield Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53204 Carter Child Development Center 2001 W. Vliet Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53205

4 half-day

2 full-day

4 half-day

3 full-day

20

34

82

60

10. Montello

IIC Montello Early Learning Center CAP Services Head Start Community Options 383 East Montello Ave. Montello, WI 53949

4 half-day 1 full-day

80

11. Port Edwards

IIB YMCA Child Development Center 211 Wisconsin River Dr. Port Edwards, WI 54469

1 half-day 21

12.

Portage

IB

IB

IB

IIB

IIIA

John Muir Elementary 2600 Woodcrest Dr. Portage, WI 53901 Woodridge Elementary 333 East Slifer St. Portage, WI 53901 Endeavor Elementary 414 Church St. Endeavor, WI 53930 The Alphabet Express Preschool 118 W. Pleasant St. Portage, WI 53901 Renewal Unlimited Inc. Head Start 2930 Red Fox Run Portage, WI 53901

2 half-day

1 half-day

1 half-day

2 half-day

1 half-day

26

14

11

40

20

27

District Community Approach

Sites Groupings Children

IIIB

The Little School, Inc. 904 DeWitt St. Portage, WI 53901

2 half-day

33

13. Rhinelander IIA

IIB

IIB

IIB

Rhinelander Early Head Start 1864 N. Stevens St. Rhinelander, WI 54501 St. Mary’s Hospital Children’s Learning Center 1044 Kabel Ave. Rhinelander, WI Nicolet Child Development Lab/Day Care 5300 Day Care Rd. Rhinelander, WI 54501 Pat’s Preschool and Learning Center 1872 N. Stevens St. Rhinelander, WI 54501

1 half-day

1 half-day

1 half-day

1 half-day

22

18 8

14

14. Rice Lake

IB

IIB

IIB

IIIA

Tainter Elementary 2201 Carrie Ave. Rice Lake, WI 54868 Kiddie Korner Child Care Center 608 W-Marshall St. Rice Lake, WI 54868 Hilltop Day Care 104 Cameron Rd. Rice Lake, WI 54868 Rice Lake Head Start 307 E. Barker St. Rice Lake, WI 54868

2 half-day

2 half-day

1 half-day

2 half-day

36

40

20

33

15. Sturgeon Bay

IB

IIIB

Sunset Elementary 827 N. 8th Ave. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Door County Child Care 3913 Cherry Rd. Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

4 half-day

1 half-day

64

14

16. Wausau

IB

A.C. Kiefer Education Center 700 W. Strowbridge St. Wausau, WI 54401

9 half-day

153

28

District Community Approach

Sites Groupings Children

IB

IB

IB

IIB

IIIA

IIIB

IIIB

IIIB

IIIB

IIIB

IIIB

G.D. Jones Elementary 1018 South 12th St. Wausau, WI 54401 Rib Mountain Elementary 2701 Robin Lane Wausau, WI 54401 South Mountain Elementary 5400 Bittersweet Rd. Wausau, WI 54401 Bridging the Gap Child Care/Preschool 406 Grant St. Wausau, WI 54403 Zion Head Start Center 616 Grant St. Wausau, WI 54403 Wausau Child Care Inc. 505 N. 28th Ave. Wausau, WI 54401 Wausau Child Care Inc. 721 Franklin St. Wausau, WI 54403 Rib Mountain Montessori 5201 Lilac Ave. Wausau, WI 54401 YMCA Child Development Center 707 3rd St. Wausau, WI 54403 YWCA Child Development Center 613 5th St. Wausau, WI 54403 Little Scholars Preschool 512 McClellan St. Wausau, WI 54403

3 half-day

1 half-day

2 half-day

2 half-day

1 half-day

1 half-day

1 half-day

1 half-day

2 half-day

2 half-day

1 half-day

42

17

29

32

17

14

15

13

25

18

18

29

District Community Approach

Sites Groupings Children

17. Weyerhauser Area

IIIA ICAA Child Development Center 339 N. Main St. Bruce, WI 54819

1 half-day 6

18. Wisconsin Rapids

IB

IB

IB

IB

IIB

IIB

IIB

IIIA

IIIB

IIIB

IIIC

Grant Elementary 8511 County Rd. WW Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494 Mead Elementary 241 17th Ave. South Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495 Pitsch Elementary 507 17th St. South Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494 Woodside Elementary 611 Two Mile Ave. Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494 Country Tots Child Development 4930 Kellner Rd. Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494 YMCA Child Development Center 211 Wisconsin River Dr. Port Edwards, WI 54469 Building Blocks Learning Center 941 Grand Ave. Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495 Wood County Vesper Head Start 6263 Wisconsin St. Vesper, WI 54489 Lots of Tots 441 Garfield St. Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494 Montessori Center of Central Wisconsin 220 3rd Ave. South Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495 St. Lawrence Day Care and Preschool 551 10th Ave. North Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495

1 half-day

2 half-day

1 half-day

2 half-day

1 half-day

1 half-day

4 half-day

1 half-day

2 half-day

1 half-day

1 half-day

17

35

14

32

17

22

63

13

33

15

15

30

Figure 1. Map displaying 4K and Community Approach 4K Programs in Wisconsin (2003-2005)

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Acknowledgements We greatly appreciate the participation of school district personnel in our multiple surveys and telephone interviews. The list below identifies the primary contact person for each of the 13 public school districts described for 2003-2004, along with an e-mail address. These community approach 4K districts were the “pioneers” implementing new strategies for delivery of 4K. The following individuals have agreed to share their experiences with other districts who may wish to contact them. District name Contact person E-mail Telephone Barron Monti Hallberg montih@barron.k12.wi.us (715) 537-5612 Blair-Taylor Connie Biedron biedrc@btsd.k12.wi.us (608) 989-2881 Colby J. Terry Downen jdownen@colby.k12.wi.us (715) 223-2301 Colfax Dr. Lee Bjurquist lpbjurqu@colfax.k12.wi.us (715) 962-3773 Eau Claire Paula Wainscott pwainscott@ecasd.k12.wi.us (715) 852-3000 La Crosse Cindy Ericksen cericksen@centurytel.net (608) 784-8125 Milwaukee Ann Terrell terrelam@mail.milwaukee.k12.wi.us (414) 475-8001 Montello Janet Green jgreen@montello.k12.wi.us (608) 297-7617 Portage Peter Hibner hibnerp@portage.k12.wi.us (608) 742-4879 Rice Lake Mary Randall randallm@ricelake.k12.wi.us (715) 234-9007 Sturgeon Bay Robert Grimmer bgrimmer@sturbay.k12.wi.us (920) 746-2801 Wausau Julie Burmesch jburmesc@wausau.k12.wi.us (715) 261-0505 Weyerhauser

Area Megan Dieckman dieckmanmegan@hotmail.com (715) 868-5437

We are also grateful to staff at the Department of Public Instruction (Jill Haglund, Barbara Ballweg, and Tricia Collins) for their open access to web site files, interpretation, and guidance in understanding the pre-kindergarten movement in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Child Care Research Partnership University of Wisconsin-Extension 432 North Lake Street, Room 301 Madison, WI 53706 1.877.637.6188 www.uwex.edu/ces/flp/wccrp/