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The money came from Measure C, a half-cent sales tax to increase access to child care throughout Alameda County. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043521/alameda-county-supervisors-approve-long-awaited-child-care-funding\">After a yearslong holdup\u003c/a>, funds from the measure are flowing to providers like Zarodney, helping them get back on track financially so they don’t close or leave for better-paying jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Finally, something went right after everything that I went through,” Zarodney said. “It was finally going to be OK.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, where child care costs are among the highest in the nation, Alameda County is the latest to distribute dedicated tax revenue to caregivers and the families who rely on them.[aside postID=news_12051850 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250822-ECONOMICINSTABILITYIMPACTONKIDS-08-BL-KQED.jpg']San Francisco is offering families \u003ca href=\"https://sfdec.org/annual-impact-report-2024/\">free or subsidized child care\u003c/a>, adding more child-care space and paying early educators a living wage, using funds from a commercial property tax. Last month, Sonoma County \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/08/26/sonoma-county-board-of-supervisors-approves-release-of-first-114-million-raised-by-tax-measure-to-support-child-care/\">released the first batch of funds\u003c/a> from a half-cent sales tax to offer grants to early educators and improve early learning facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The local tax measures come as California’s tobacco tax, which has long funded early childhood services, dwindles and federal programs like Head Start face an uncertain future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The success of Alameda, San Francisco and Sonoma counties is the envy of advocates around the Bay who are looking for local solutions to make child care more affordable for families struggling with the high cost of living.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s the only way we’re gonna be able to address it,” said Marin County Supervisor Eric Lucan, who wants to place a child care funding tax on next year’s ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A similar effort failed in 2016, but Lucan thinks the issue is gaining political support now that the cost of infant care in Marin has \u003ca href=\"https://www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/topics/childcare/price-by-age-care-setting-2022\">risen to $32,000 per year\u003c/a>, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s National Database of Childcare Prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government considers child care affordable when it costs no more than 7% of a family’s annual income. That means a family must earn $400,000 a year to afford infant care in Marin County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055946\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055946\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-ALAMEDASCHILDCARETAX-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-ALAMEDASCHILDCARETAX-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-ALAMEDASCHILDCARETAX-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-ALAMEDASCHILDCARETAX-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa Zarodney sits with children at the day care center she runs from her home in Livermore on Sept. 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>It’s not just very low-income families, we’re talking working families making good salaries that are [struggling],” Lucan said. “And when you throw in housing costs with child care costs and energy costs and everything, it’s becoming very, very unaffordable for families of young children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lucan said he and his wife paid about $2,000 per month in child care for each of their two kids, and whenever he mentions the figure in conversations, “it’s pretty mind-blowing for a lot of folks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents who can’t afford those high monthly costs make other difficult tradeoffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a town hall meeting in East Palo Alto, a college student described taking two-hourlong bus rides to drop off her toddler with her sister because she couldn’t find affordable child care closer to home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo County supervisors Jackie Speier and Lisa Gauthier have held three of the meetings to hear from families and child care workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speier and Gauthier said they’re both grandmothers whose adult children are grappling with the shortage of reliable, affordable child care. They’re worried that high child care prices are driving down the birth rate, pushing young families out of the county and harming the local economy. Speier is particularly struck by \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcalltogetherbetter.org/\">a countywide survey \u003c/a>that found more than 45% of parents left the workforce to care for their children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really think it’s a crisis that we have ignored, and we can’t do that anymore, not for the health of our communities,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speier said she would like to place a half-cent sales tax measure to fund child care on the November 2026 ballot, but worries about competing with a potential sales tax measure to fund the Bay Area’s crippling transit systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to approve placing the measure on the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speier said if that happens, she will seek an alternative solution, such as tapping into funds from a \u003ca href=\"https://smcmeasurek.org/\">previously approved half-cent sales tax\u003c/a> and fees from car rentals at San Francisco International Airport. She also wants to introduce “Tri-Share,” in which workers, their employers, and government split the cost of child care. The concept was first launched in Michigan in 2021 to help families afford child care and businesses recruit and retain workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think I can convince some employers to recognize that this is the way to go,” Speier said. “And it’s a benefit that they can also deduct on their business taxes. I mean, it’s not like it’s a heavy lift.\u003cem>”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039813\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-04-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-04-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-04-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees hold signs at the Day Without Childcare rally in front of the Federal Building in San José on May 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She wishes San Mateo County could boldly replicate New Mexico, which is \u003ca href=\"https://knpr.org/2025-09-18/new-mexico-takes-a-big-step-toward-universal-childcare\">about to offer free child care to all parents\u003c/a>, using profits from oil and gas production.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Alameda County officials approved a plan to spend roughly $1 billion generated from Measure C in the last four years. A five-year spending plan calls for boosting early educators’ wages to at least $25 per hour, subsidizing 2,400 child care slots and offering monthly stipends to an often overlooked group known as license-exempt Family, Friends and Neighbors who receive subsidies for their caregiving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quinetta Lewis is the director of St. Mary’s Center in West Oakland, which received a $50,000 emergency grant from the county. She gave her teachers $1,000 stipends and plans to hire a substitute so they can plan their lessons and undergo training for their professional development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although St. Mary’s pays teachers between $25 and $32 per hour, Lewis said the preschool has a hard time retaining new hires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People find that this job is too hard or too taxing, so they choose a different field to be in,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lisa Zarodney said the grant she received will help her pay down her debt to a manageable level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People keep saying ‘you must have a lot of money because you run a day care.’ And I’m like, no, you really don’t. I never pay myself,” she said. “Everything I make goes back into the day care, every single thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon, she will be at capacity once again, as she starts caring for the babies of two teachers who are heading back to the classroom. She’s also in remission after undergoing cancer surgery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So it just makes me feel like I’m going to make it,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXzIe1VspLGIBi0B8oelJqEYifr1IJZxE8U7IVVp4G77wZow/viewform?embedded=true\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The work is never easy, but it’s what I love to do,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She estimates that she has cared for hundreds of kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But earlier this year, she thought she would have to shutter her business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zarodney had racked up $50,000 in credit card debt to get through the pandemic and its aftermath. Parents working from home kept their kids at home too, or opted for California’s expanding transitional kindergarten program. At one point, only two kids were coming to her house full-time, even though she could handle up to eight. With the program underenrolled, Zarodney earned less but still had to cover food, rent, insurance and other expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055949\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055949\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-ALAMEDASCHILDCARETAX-13-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-ALAMEDASCHILDCARETAX-13-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-ALAMEDASCHILDCARETAX-13-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-ALAMEDASCHILDCARETAX-13-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa Zarodney stands in the doorway of the day care center she runs out of her home in Livermore on Sept. 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She was also diagnosed with cervical cancer, which led to thousands of dollars in medical bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was freaking out, I didn’t see (my debt) going down because interest rates don’t go down unless you pay it off,” she said, “You take one shovel out and two go in, and you just bury yourself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then came relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, she received a $40,000 check. The money came from Measure C, a half-cent sales tax to increase access to child care throughout Alameda County. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043521/alameda-county-supervisors-approve-long-awaited-child-care-funding\">After a yearslong holdup\u003c/a>, funds from the measure are flowing to providers like Zarodney, helping them get back on track financially so they don’t close or leave for better-paying jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Finally, something went right after everything that I went through,” Zarodney said. “It was finally going to be OK.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, where child care costs are among the highest in the nation, Alameda County is the latest to distribute dedicated tax revenue to caregivers and the families who rely on them.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>San Francisco is offering families \u003ca href=\"https://sfdec.org/annual-impact-report-2024/\">free or subsidized child care\u003c/a>, adding more child-care space and paying early educators a living wage, using funds from a commercial property tax. Last month, Sonoma County \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/08/26/sonoma-county-board-of-supervisors-approves-release-of-first-114-million-raised-by-tax-measure-to-support-child-care/\">released the first batch of funds\u003c/a> from a half-cent sales tax to offer grants to early educators and improve early learning facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The local tax measures come as California’s tobacco tax, which has long funded early childhood services, dwindles and federal programs like Head Start face an uncertain future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The success of Alameda, San Francisco and Sonoma counties is the envy of advocates around the Bay who are looking for local solutions to make child care more affordable for families struggling with the high cost of living.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s the only way we’re gonna be able to address it,” said Marin County Supervisor Eric Lucan, who wants to place a child care funding tax on next year’s ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A similar effort failed in 2016, but Lucan thinks the issue is gaining political support now that the cost of infant care in Marin has \u003ca href=\"https://www.dol.gov/agencies/wb/topics/childcare/price-by-age-care-setting-2022\">risen to $32,000 per year\u003c/a>, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s National Database of Childcare Prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government considers child care affordable when it costs no more than 7% of a family’s annual income. That means a family must earn $400,000 a year to afford infant care in Marin County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055946\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055946\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-ALAMEDASCHILDCARETAX-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-ALAMEDASCHILDCARETAX-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-ALAMEDASCHILDCARETAX-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250911-ALAMEDASCHILDCARETAX-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lisa Zarodney sits with children at the day care center she runs from her home in Livermore on Sept. 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>It’s not just very low-income families, we’re talking working families making good salaries that are [struggling],” Lucan said. “And when you throw in housing costs with child care costs and energy costs and everything, it’s becoming very, very unaffordable for families of young children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lucan said he and his wife paid about $2,000 per month in child care for each of their two kids, and whenever he mentions the figure in conversations, “it’s pretty mind-blowing for a lot of folks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents who can’t afford those high monthly costs make other difficult tradeoffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a town hall meeting in East Palo Alto, a college student described taking two-hourlong bus rides to drop off her toddler with her sister because she couldn’t find affordable child care closer to home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo County supervisors Jackie Speier and Lisa Gauthier have held three of the meetings to hear from families and child care workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speier and Gauthier said they’re both grandmothers whose adult children are grappling with the shortage of reliable, affordable child care. They’re worried that high child care prices are driving down the birth rate, pushing young families out of the county and harming the local economy. Speier is particularly struck by \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcalltogetherbetter.org/\">a countywide survey \u003c/a>that found more than 45% of parents left the workforce to care for their children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really think it’s a crisis that we have ignored, and we can’t do that anymore, not for the health of our communities,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speier said she would like to place a half-cent sales tax measure to fund child care on the November 2026 ballot, but worries about competing with a potential sales tax measure to fund the Bay Area’s crippling transit systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to approve placing the measure on the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speier said if that happens, she will seek an alternative solution, such as tapping into funds from a \u003ca href=\"https://smcmeasurek.org/\">previously approved half-cent sales tax\u003c/a> and fees from car rentals at San Francisco International Airport. She also wants to introduce “Tri-Share,” in which workers, their employers, and government split the cost of child care. The concept was first launched in Michigan in 2021 to help families afford child care and businesses recruit and retain workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think I can convince some employers to recognize that this is the way to go,” Speier said. “And it’s a benefit that they can also deduct on their business taxes. 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A five-year spending plan calls for boosting early educators’ wages to at least $25 per hour, subsidizing 2,400 child care slots and offering monthly stipends to an often overlooked group known as license-exempt Family, Friends and Neighbors who receive subsidies for their caregiving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quinetta Lewis is the director of St. Mary’s Center in West Oakland, which received a $50,000 emergency grant from the county. 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The fund covers 50% of the costs for purchasing and mailing the books, while local partners — in this case, San Francisco’s public library and Department of Early Childhood — cover the other portion. The city and county will spend $1 million to serve about 60,000 children over the next five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Dollywood Foundation manages the ordering system, negotiates wholesale prices for the books and passes the discount on to participating programs. That means in California, it costs $15.50 per year to mail books to each child, according to Hallie Anderson, community engagement coordinator for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anderson said California has more than 2 million children under the age of 5, making it a massive undertaking to try to reach every child. San Francisco is the 41st of 58 California counties to partner with Parton’s nonprofit, and Anderson hopes to grow the program. 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The ground is mostly covered in mulch and astroturf instead of asphalt, which can radiate dangerously high temperatures, cutting outdoor playtime short.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To extend that time, playground builders studied the sun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12054024\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12054024\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-05-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-05-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-05-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-05-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A child from the infant program plays in the outdoor area at the North Bay Children’s Center in Novato on Aug. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Babies, toddlers and kids under 5 are more vulnerable to heat exhaustion because their bodies heat up faster, and they have a harder time cooling down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We live in an area where those extreme heat days are hotter and they last longer, so we have to make sure that our environments can support what children need,” Gilmore said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews carefully positioned fabric panels above the sandbox to provide shade as sunlight shifts, said Brian St. Peter, head of facilities for the NBCC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12054028\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12054028\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-12-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-12-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-12-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-12-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teresa Fogolini, director of Garden of Eatin’, checks on lettuce growing in the garden at the North Bay Children’s Center in Novato on Aug. 27, 2025. The program teaches children about healthy food through hands-on gardening. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We really had to look at exactly where it’s coming during the summer months, just to be able to accommodate the most shade for kids where they’re actually going to be playing,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The $12.5 million campus is on former military land that the NBCC purchased from the federal government for $1 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gilmore already had blueprints for the building in 2015, but when the 2017 North Bay wildfires devastated the region and upended the lives of many families — including teachers and other members of the staff — Gilmore said it became crucial to add design features that address climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12054031\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12054031\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-19-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-19-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-19-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-19-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students learn how to cut vegetables for a salad at the North Bay Children’s Center in Novato on Aug. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To prepare for future emergencies, the new building will serve as a “resiliency hub” where families can go and be safe instead of an evacuation shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>If they’re in a place where they can’t get to their home, it’s important that we do have enough food, we do have enough water, and that we do have space outside of the classrooms where families can gather,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And our parents can’t afford that,” she said. “Most of them are essential employees; they live paycheck to paycheck and cannot miss work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, the NBCC opened its biggest center in Novato, serving 176 infants, toddlers and preschoolers, and it’s designed to stay open amidst wildfire smoke, extreme heat and other climate-related events, and provide not just for kids but their families as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12054027\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12054027\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-11-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-11-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-11-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-11-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A preschool classroom at the North Bay Children’s Center in Novato on Aug. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Inside, each classroom has its own climate control and filtration system to ensure the air stays cool and clean — and to minimize germs spreading from one room to another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside, trees and shade structures protect the play yard from the heat. The ground is mostly covered in mulch and astroturf instead of asphalt, which can radiate dangerously high temperatures, cutting outdoor playtime short.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To extend that time, playground builders studied the sun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12054024\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12054024\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-05-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-05-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-05-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-05-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A child from the infant program plays in the outdoor area at the North Bay Children’s Center in Novato on Aug. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Babies, toddlers and kids under 5 are more vulnerable to heat exhaustion because their bodies heat up faster, and they have a harder time cooling down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We live in an area where those extreme heat days are hotter and they last longer, so we have to make sure that our environments can support what children need,” Gilmore said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews carefully positioned fabric panels above the sandbox to provide shade as sunlight shifts, said Brian St. Peter, head of facilities for the NBCC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12054028\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12054028\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-12-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-12-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-12-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250827-CLIMATERESILIENTCHILDCARECENTER-12-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teresa Fogolini, director of Garden of Eatin’, checks on lettuce growing in the garden at the North Bay Children’s Center in Novato on Aug. 27, 2025. 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"content": "\u003cp>Harnesha Burks’ financial setback began with a high-risk pregnancy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, she was working as a mail handler for the U.S. Postal Service in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a>, and her doctor told her the heavy lifting she was doing at work wasn’t safe for her and the baby she was carrying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The doctor advised her to take time off, but the postal service doesn’t offer paid maternity leave, and she didn’t qualify for state benefits, so she started to fall behind on her monthly bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was really, really stressful, really hard,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burks got help from local churches and public assistance programs to cover food and rent for the apartment she shared with her baby and teenage son in Antioch. But she didn’t always have enough money to pay her gas, electricity and cellphone bills. Eventually, she owed Pacific Gas & Electric $1,700.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her debt caught up to her when, a month after coming from the hospital with her newborn, the power was cut off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053521\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12053521\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250822-ECONOMICINSTABILITYIMPACTONKIDS-03-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250822-ECONOMICINSTABILITYIMPACTONKIDS-03-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250822-ECONOMICINSTABILITYIMPACTONKIDS-03-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250822-ECONOMICINSTABILITYIMPACTONKIDS-03-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harnesha Burks plays with her son Zyon, 2, at a park near their home in Antioch on Aug. 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I ended up going straight to rock bottom,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burks is among one in three California parents of young kids who struggle to afford their utility bills, \u003ca href=\"https://rapidsurveyproject.com/article/utility-costs-rise-leaving-california-parents-of-young-children-in-a-tough-spot/\">according to \u003c/a>a statewide survey, which found that when parents have trouble making ends meet, their children’s well-being and development suffer. As \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033386/pge-electricity-rates-have-jumped-nearly-70-since-2020\">electricity rates rise sharply\u003c/a> in California, parents told the survey they need to make tough choices between basic needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People pay for food and housing first and foremost but utilities are, I think, something that often falls between the cracks because if people can’t pay for basic things like the rent they get evicted, or if they don’t have enough food on their table, it constitutes an emergency,” said Philip Fisher, director of the Stanford Center on Early Childhood, which surveyed as part of its multi-year RAPID project. 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Fisher cited a UC Berkeley study that found that caregivers with low socioeconomic status ran short on money, and they \u003ca href=\"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/desc.13151\">spoke less to their infants and toddlers at the end of the month\u003c/a>. The “word gap” is a concern for researchers because chatting with babies, even before they can talk, boosts their communication and social skills later on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we’re concerned about kids’ education and [their] readiness to attend school, then these economic hardship issues are really at the center of what we’re talking about,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After her power was cut off, Burks said she spent several weeks couch surfing with relatives. Her older son, Bradley, went to her grandparents’ house to be closer to his high school. 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She returned home after six weeks to a refrigerator full of spoiled food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had to pretty much start over with [restocking] the refrigerator and the freezer … so I had a setback on that,” she said. “It was so hard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To get out of what she called a financial “black hole,” Burks returned to work. But going back meant working a graveyard shift and leaving Bradley to care for his brother by himself. She felt bad for making Bradley take on a huge responsibility and for leaving Zyon so soon.[aside postID=news_12052609 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/240520-TKParentsDilemma-32-BL_qed.jpg']“We didn’t get the bonding time that I felt that we needed. A lot of nights, he had to go to sleep without me,” she said. “I was in an unstable place, but I had to go back to work because who’s going to keep the lights on? Who’s going to take care of me and my kids?”\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she came home, she tried to make up for lost time with Zyon but sacrificed her own sleep. Relief came on the two days Zyon’s dad, with whom she shares custody, took him to his house, but she was still exhausted. Burks began to experience debilitating postpartum depression, which she had never had after giving birth to Bradley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>I was supposed to be sleeping, cuddling, bonding with my baby. I didn’t have that. So that depression set heavy: I gained a lot of weight, my hair fell out, it was so stressful,” she said.\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a while, she shut out her family members as she slid deeper into her depression, but eventually she turned to a sister who works for the advocacy group Parent Voices for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burks applied for CalWORKS, the state welfare program, but was denied cash aid because, although she was on unpaid leave, she was technically employed. Her sister helped her sign up for a monthly discount on her energy bill, and when she fell behind again on her payments, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en/account/billing-and-assistance/financial-assistance/arrearage-management-plan-amp.html\">PG&E offered to enroll her in its debt forgiveness program\u003c/a> as long as she made on-time payments for 12 consecutive months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053523\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12053523\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250822-ECONOMICINSTABILITYIMPACTONKIDS-07-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250822-ECONOMICINSTABILITYIMPACTONKIDS-07-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250822-ECONOMICINSTABILITYIMPACTONKIDS-07-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250822-ECONOMICINSTABILITYIMPACTONKIDS-07-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harnesha Burks holds her son Zyon, 2, at a park near their home in Antioch on Aug. 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The utility giant offers several \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en/account/billing-and-assistance/financial-assistance.html?vnt=billhelp\">financial assistance programs\u003c/a> to help lower-income customers cope with their bills. But almost one in three parents told the RAPID survey team they didn’t apply because they weren’t sure they would qualify, even though they were eligible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burks said when she first tried to arrange a payment plan with a PG&E representative to prevent losing power, that person didn’t offer financial aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When we met at her home in late Spring, Burks said she was starting to feel more stable as Bradley prepared to graduate and head to community college. She also planned to enroll Zyon in a local Head Start program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tot was energetic and chatty after waking up from a nap, but was willing to sit still to watch Ms. Rachel, his favorite YouTube personality, while his mom prepared chicken nuggets for dinner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burks said even though caregiving has gotten easier now that Zyon is two years old, she thinks he’s still clingy whenever she leaves him for work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s very joyful, but he has his moments. 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It said it was still looking for two TK teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Please know that we see and understand these challenges, and we are truly grateful for your patience and partnership during this time,” the message, which the district shared with KQED, reads. “We are fully committed to providing the very best care and quality education to each of the 76 students enrolled at MEC.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053561\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12053561\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250825-SFUSDMISSIONEDCENTER-08-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250825-SFUSDMISSIONEDCENTER-08-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250825-SFUSDMISSIONEDCENTER-08-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250825-SFUSDMISSIONEDCENTER-08-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Mission Education Center, a bilingual elementary school in the San Francisco Unified School District, in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood, on Aug. 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After the children lined up and were led to their classrooms, the site’s interim principal — who himself has been teaching one of the classes, according to Mayfield — corralled worried parents in the cafeteria.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have teachers. 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Mayfield explained the site as almost containing two separate schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051869\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051869\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250418-SFUSD-04-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250418-SFUSD-04-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250418-SFUSD-04-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250418-SFUSD-04-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Unified School District Administrative Offices in San Francisco on April 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The early education expansion appears to be where most of MEC’s staffing issues are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Friday, two of the three TK classes and the pre-kindergarten didn’t have permanent teachers, according to parents. All but one paraeducator position across those classrooms — since state staffing rules say each group of 20 TKers should have two supervising adults — were still vacant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Mayfield said he and other parents were assured that a principal had been hired in June and was being onboarded over the summer, the interim principal said last week that the position hadn’t been filled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter from concerned parents to the district said that on the first day, one paraeducator floated between three rooms. By Wednesday, the district had sent in central office employees as support, Mayfield said.[aside postID=news_12052609 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/240520-TKParentsDilemma-32-BL_qed.jpg']The letter also said that on the first day, parents anxiously lingering around the school until midmorning saw one child go to the bathroom alone, while others were left in the halls. 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This fall, an influx of applications to the grade level, which California now guarantees access to for all students, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031802/san-francisco-public-schools-see-surge-applications-thanks-transitional-kindergarten-demand\">boosted the district’s struggling enrollment\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, “if you’re going to focus and make this an early education hub and have multiple classes of TKs there, you need to give it the attention that it deserves,” Mayfield said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the parents’ letter, a follow-up message on Friday morning, and more individual emails asking district leaders for information throughout the week, Mayfield said parents finally got a response from SFUSD’s assistant superintendent of early education late Friday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are working closely with HR to address the staffing needs at MEC, and by end of day Monday, we will be able to share additional updates regarding staffing plans and next steps,” Christie Herrera wrote in the message shared with KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While parents wait to see what those updates will be, Mayfield said it feels like too little, too late.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If this is the way that the district acts and carries itself and works with parents, then I understand why parents don’t trust the district,” he told KQED. “I understand why the district has the reputation that they do for being very mismanaged and chaotic and disorganized and probably wasteful. 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"content": "\u003cp>When Atticus Floc heard that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> was allowing universal access to transitional kindergarten starting this school year, he enrolled his son in the San Francisco Unified School District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under new rules, any child in California who turns 4 by Sept. 1 is guaranteed a seat in a TK classroom. With a late August birthday, Floc said his little boy, Ryden, just barely made the cutoff, but he was ready.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“TK would be great because it’s like a head start on everything. Me and my wife both felt this would be wonderful for our son to have,” Floc said, adding that Ryden would benefit most from socializing with kids his age.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the couple was dismayed to discover that the district’s complex student assignment system — known locally as “the lottery” — placed Ryden in a school across town instead of the one mere blocks from where they live in the Sunset District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now placed on long waitlists for several nearby schools, they’re wondering whether to keep Ryden home for another year under his grandparents’ care and miss out on TK.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t understand why it has to be like this. It’s so crazy,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052485\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052485\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/240520-TKParentsDilemma-60-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/240520-TKParentsDilemma-60-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/240520-TKParentsDilemma-60-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/240520-TKParentsDilemma-60-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victor and Karina Buendia, along with their son Fabian, 3, pick up their daughter Galilea, 5, after a transitional kindergarten class at Holbrook Language Academy in Concord on May 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The competition, especially for a seat in a language immersion school or a school in a wealthy neighborhood, points to strong demand for TK in San Francisco. This year, SFUSD is opening 16 new transitional kindergarten classrooms to accommodate the incoming class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it’s too early to provide final enrollment data for 2025–26, the district reported in March that it received \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031802/san-francisco-public-schools-see-surge-applications-thanks-transitional-kindergarten-demand\">the largest number of applications in more than a decade\u003c/a>, and the biggest surge in applications was for TK.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While a recent\u003ca href=\"https://rapidsurveyproject.com/article/interest-in-using-transitional-kindergarten-is-linked-with-california-parents-awareness-of-the-program/\"> statewide survey found that fewer parents of young kids know about TK\u003c/a> than they did just a few years ago, experts say San Francisco parents are more aware of it because the city has been offering free or low-cost preschool for children since 2004. Four-year-olds in the city participate in preschool at a higher rate than their peers in other parts of the state.[aside postID=news_11989955 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240520-TKPARENTSDILEMMA-07-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>With the price of rent shooting through the sky, working families need those options,” said Henry Wong, principal of Dr. William Cobb Elementary School in Lower Pacific Heights, which has one TK classroom this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A TK program is really wonderful in the sense [that] we’re preparing our kids for school, they’re gaining that foundation of being in a classroom and being around other children, which is very useful,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district said 61% of students who applied for TK will be assigned to their first-choice school. After the main round of school assignments, the district uses waitlists to manage school enrollment, leaving many parents holding out for better options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Floc said the enrollment office told him Ryden stood a better chance of getting into his neighborhood school for kindergarten than for TK, where there was only enough room for 20 students this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district said that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989615/california-struggles-with-classroom-space-for-transitional-kindergarten\">due to strict state standards\u003c/a> for TK that require adequate space to play indoors and outdoors, and a bathroom nearby for 4-year-olds, some schools don’t have the necessary facilities. That’s why some get assigned to a school outside of their neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052481\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052481\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250815-SF-TK-DN-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250815-SF-TK-DN-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250815-SF-TK-DN-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250815-SF-TK-DN-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joselyn Manigque prepares her transitional kindergarten classroom for the first day of school at Dr. William Cobb Elementary School in San Francisco on Aug. 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Daisy Nguyen/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As Floc and his wife consider their options, he said his top priority is ensuring his son experiences continuity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t want to put our son in that position where he’s on the other side of town making friends, and then having to sever those friendships,” Floc said. “We’d rather have him start fresh, knowing that he’s going to stay in one school, and he’s going to make friends and that they’re going to be lasting friendships.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school district has long promised to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/schools/enroll/student-assignment-policy/student-assignment-changes\">overhaul the current student assignment \u003c/a>system, which was intended to create racial and socioeconomic diversity at each school but hasn’t achieved that goal. 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After the main round of school assignments, the district uses waitlists to manage school enrollment, leaving many parents holding out for better options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Floc said the enrollment office told him Ryden stood a better chance of getting into his neighborhood school for kindergarten than for TK, where there was only enough room for 20 students this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district said that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989615/california-struggles-with-classroom-space-for-transitional-kindergarten\">due to strict state standards\u003c/a> for TK that require adequate space to play indoors and outdoors, and a bathroom nearby for 4-year-olds, some schools don’t have the necessary facilities. That’s why some get assigned to a school outside of their neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052481\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052481\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250815-SF-TK-DN-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250815-SF-TK-DN-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250815-SF-TK-DN-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250815-SF-TK-DN-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joselyn Manigque prepares her transitional kindergarten classroom for the first day of school at Dr. William Cobb Elementary School in San Francisco on Aug. 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Daisy Nguyen/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As Floc and his wife consider their options, he said his top priority is ensuring his son experiences continuity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t want to put our son in that position where he’s on the other side of town making friends, and then having to sever those friendships,” Floc said. “We’d rather have him start fresh, knowing that he’s going to stay in one school, and he’s going to make friends and that they’re going to be lasting friendships.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school district has long promised to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/schools/enroll/student-assignment-policy/student-assignment-changes\">overhaul the current student assignment \u003c/a>system, which was intended to create racial and socioeconomic diversity at each school but hasn’t achieved that goal. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 10 a.m. Tuesday — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052579/que-es-kinder-de-transicion-tk-california\">\u003cstrong>Leer en español\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, every 4-year-old in California can enter transitional kindergarten at their local school district. But fewer parents know about TK, and that it can be an option for their family, than they did just a few years ago, according to \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/early-childhood-education-pre-k/california-transitional-kindergarten-awareness-research-stanford\">a survey by the Stanford Center on Early Childhood\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are some frequently asked questions about this new grade in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989465/california-teacher-shortage-hinders-transitional-kindergarten-and-bilingual-education-goals\">California’s public school system\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What is transitional kindergarten?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101906814/can-californias-universal-transitional-kindergarten-plan-make-the-grade\">Transitional kindergarten is part of California’s ambitious plan\u003c/a> to create the nation’s largest free early education program. The state describes TK as the first of a two-year kindergarten program to prepare children for the rigors of elementary school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Starting in 2012, some school districts introduced TK on a limited basis to serve a group of children who narrowly missed the cutoff date to enter kindergarten.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988070\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988070\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-135-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A woman teacher leans over and smiles at two young students in a classroom\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-135-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-135-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-135-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-135-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-135-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teacher Erika Vargas checks in on students during playtime during a bilingual transitional kindergarten class at Global Family Elementary School in Oakland on May 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2021, they began accepting more 4-year-olds by expanding the birthday cutoffs each year. Starting this school year, all school districts are required to offer universal access to TK. They must also limit classroom sizes to one adult for every ten students.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How do I know if my kid is eligible for TK?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Students who will turn 4 by Sept. 1 of the school year can enroll.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What do kids learn in TK?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>TK is a play-based program where children learn through play and interaction with each other. Schools are expected to align with the state’s framework, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/re/psfoundations.asp\">Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten Learning Foundations\u003c/a>, when they set the curriculum for TK.[aside postID=news_11989789 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240610-TKParentsDilemma-24-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg']The document lays out the knowledge and skills that 3- to 5-year-old children can acquire, such as focusing attention and collaborating with others, if given the benefits of a high-quality early education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Erika Vargas, a transitional kindergarten teacher at Global Family Elementary School in Oakland, said a year in TK gives children a “grace period” to learn the routines and expectations of being in school and develop the skills necessary for kindergarten.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our goal is to expose them to literature, to develop that love of books, reading, writing and drawing,” she said. “Socially, we want them to learn how to make friends and resolve conflicts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kids also start on basic skills such as learning the alphabet and numbers, but the focus is more on social and emotional development, said Tanya Harris, director of elementary education for the Alameda Unified School District.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How is TK different from other types of preschool?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>TK is the only free school option for all 4-year-olds in California. Two other publicly funded preschool programs — Head Start and the California State Preschool Program — prioritize students based on certain criteria, like income and living situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Private preschools are businesses or nonprofits that are required to comply with local zoning and health and safety codes. They set their own curriculum.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why does California want to make TK universal?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom said the goal of making TK universal is so that “every 4-year-old in California from here on out can start their schooling on the right track, setting them up for success further down the road.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988706\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988706\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240520-TKPARENTSDILEMMA-23-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240520-TKPARENTSDILEMMA-23-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240520-TKPARENTSDILEMMA-23-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240520-TKPARENTSDILEMMA-23-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240520-TKPARENTSDILEMMA-23-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240520-TKPARENTSDILEMMA-23-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240520-TKPARENTSDILEMMA-23-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gina Viggiano teaches a transitional kindergarten class at Holbrook Language Academy in Concord on May 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Experts also say that TK brings students into the K–12 system sooner so that they can acclimate to going to school and feel comfortable in a classroom, while parents benefit from an extra year of free care and education for their children.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Does my child have to attend TK?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No. TK and kindergarten are considered optional in California. Children are not mandated to enroll in school until first grade.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When should I start researching transitional kindergarten options for my child?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many school districts start enrollment in January for the fall and may give priority to school placement for those who enroll early. Also, schools often hold tours and information sessions in the spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But don’t expect your local school district to reach out to you with a reminder to sign up for your child. Many parents have told us they find out about TK from other parents and do their research into options and deadlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What happens if I wait to enroll my child until right before school starts?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Children can enroll in school at any time, but that may limit your options for which school or program your child can enroll in. Some schools may fill up, which means you will have to look at other options.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How can I assess if transitional kindergarten is right for my child?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Since TK may not cover all the child care hours parents need to fit their work schedule, families must consider if they can make it work logistically and if their child can handle switching from school to an aftercare arrangement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988053\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988053\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-15-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A teacher wearing a facemask high-fives a young student at a classroom table\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-15-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-15-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-15-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-15-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-15-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bernadette Pilar Zermeño, a multilingual early childhood educator, sits with transitional kindergarten students during snack time at the International Community School in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some families prefer to keep their child in a program that can provide full-day care, said Kym Johnson, CEO of Bananas, an agency that refers parents to child care options in Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, some parents want their kids to enter a school environment. “Four-year-olds are at different stages and levels of independence,” Johnson said. “We believe families know what’s best for their kids.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What should I look for in a TK program?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A high-quality TK classroom ought to have ample space for play-based activities, said Hanna Melnick, senior policy adviser for the Learning Policy Institute based in Palo Alto.[aside postID=news_11989615 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/TKBackPack-1020x647.jpg']“You want to see literacy, math and science activities in the classroom that are thoughtfully planned,” Melnick said. “And you want to make sure that the curriculum and assessments are taking into account the needs of the whole child — their social and emotional needs, their physical development as well as what’s more considered traditional academic development in math and reading.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dale Farran, an early childhood education researcher and emeritus professor at Vanderbilt University, said parents need to look for learning opportunities in the classroom that go beyond basic instruction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They need to be up, they need to be exploring, they need to be interacting with each other and with the teacher, and they need to have an environment that facilitates all of that happening,” Farran said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What should I ask the school about how TK is run?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>What kind of outdoor time do children get, and what do those spaces offer?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>How do you incorporate play into the curriculum?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Are there bathrooms attached to the classroom?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If not, is there a bathroom inside the classroom? Where are the closest bathrooms, and how do the children get there?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Where will they eat their lunch and snacks? Will it be in the classroom or the cafeteria?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Do you have any special additional programs for TK students, e.g., dual immersion?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>What kind of after-school care do you offer?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Can I take a tour?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Can I talk to the principal and teacher?\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What are common challenges parents encounter?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many parents find that arranging pick-up and drop-off can be a huge challenge, depending on their work schedules. The other big challenge is finding before- and after-school care since TK schedules vary in length, anywhere from three to five hours a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has provided funding for schools to add after-school care and enrichment classes in art, STEM or sports, but availability varies from school to school. Some programs charge fees while others are free.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Anything else I should consider?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Napping and toilet training. Some 4-year-olds still nap in the afternoon, which is not part of most TK programs. If that’s a problem, then perhaps you could consider how your child could still nap after school or phase out napping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988060\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988060\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"Three young students hold hands outside as they walk away from the camera towards a play gym structure during recess\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transitional kindergarten students play outside during recess at the International Community School in Oakland on May 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another issue some parents worry about is how prepared their child is to use the bathroom on their own. Marji D. Calbeck, director of elementary support for the Mount Diablo Unified School District, recommends that parents talk with teachers at the start of the school year about any concerns and even pack their kids an extra change of clothes in case they have an accident. Potty accidents happen in school, she said, noting it’s something educators should be equipped to deal with.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What if my child isn’t ready for TK? What are my other options?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California offers several publicly funded early childhood education programs to help meet families’ diverse child care needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://cauniversalprek.org/\">Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK)\u003c/a> initiative, income-eligible families can enroll in federal Head Start programs, the California State Preschool Program or subsidized early learning programs such as home-based “family child care” or private preschools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CSPP offers part-day and full-day options for 2- to 4-year-olds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/ci/mb2306.asp\">Click here to\u003c/a> find out whether you meet the income requirement to enroll your child in CSPP.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where can I find more information?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The state has set up a \u003ca href=\"https://cauniversalprek.org/families/\">website with information about UPK\u003c/a>. To find a program in your area, start with your local school district. You can also explore parent forums or groups on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents can also search for child care that meets their specific needs via \u003ca href=\"http://mychildcareplan.org\">MyChildCarePlan.org\u003c/a>, a search tool supported by California’s network of resource and referral agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If there’s a question you have we didn’t include, feel free to reach out to us — \u003ca href=\"mailto:daisynguyen@kqed.org\">Daisy Nguyen \u003c/a>or \u003ca href=\"mailto:eyu@laist.com\">Elly Yu\u003c/a> — and we’ll do our best to find answers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Two other publicly funded preschool programs — Head Start and the California State Preschool Program — prioritize students based on certain criteria, like income and living situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Private preschools are businesses or nonprofits that are required to comply with local zoning and health and safety codes. They set their own curriculum.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why does California want to make TK universal?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Gov. 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Children are not mandated to enroll in school until first grade.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When should I start researching transitional kindergarten options for my child?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many school districts start enrollment in January for the fall and may give priority to school placement for those who enroll early. Also, schools often hold tours and information sessions in the spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But don’t expect your local school district to reach out to you with a reminder to sign up for your child. Many parents have told us they find out about TK from other parents and do their research into options and deadlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What happens if I wait to enroll my child until right before school starts?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Children can enroll in school at any time, but that may limit your options for which school or program your child can enroll in. Some schools may fill up, which means you will have to look at other options.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How can I assess if transitional kindergarten is right for my child?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Since TK may not cover all the child care hours parents need to fit their work schedule, families must consider if they can make it work logistically and if their child can handle switching from school to an aftercare arrangement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988053\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988053\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-15-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A teacher wearing a facemask high-fives a young student at a classroom table\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-15-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-15-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-15-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-15-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-15-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bernadette Pilar Zermeño, a multilingual early childhood educator, sits with transitional kindergarten students during snack time at the International Community School in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some families prefer to keep their child in a program that can provide full-day care, said Kym Johnson, CEO of Bananas, an agency that refers parents to child care options in Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, some parents want their kids to enter a school environment. “Four-year-olds are at different stages and levels of independence,” Johnson said. “We believe families know what’s best for their kids.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What should I look for in a TK program?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A high-quality TK classroom ought to have ample space for play-based activities, said Hanna Melnick, senior policy adviser for the Learning Policy Institute based in Palo Alto.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“You want to see literacy, math and science activities in the classroom that are thoughtfully planned,” Melnick said. “And you want to make sure that the curriculum and assessments are taking into account the needs of the whole child — their social and emotional needs, their physical development as well as what’s more considered traditional academic development in math and reading.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dale Farran, an early childhood education researcher and emeritus professor at Vanderbilt University, said parents need to look for learning opportunities in the classroom that go beyond basic instruction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They need to be up, they need to be exploring, they need to be interacting with each other and with the teacher, and they need to have an environment that facilitates all of that happening,” Farran said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What should I ask the school about how TK is run?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>What kind of outdoor time do children get, and what do those spaces offer?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>How do you incorporate play into the curriculum?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Are there bathrooms attached to the classroom?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If not, is there a bathroom inside the classroom? Where are the closest bathrooms, and how do the children get there?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Where will they eat their lunch and snacks? Will it be in the classroom or the cafeteria?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Do you have any special additional programs for TK students, e.g., dual immersion?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>What kind of after-school care do you offer?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Can I take a tour?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Can I talk to the principal and teacher?\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What are common challenges parents encounter?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many parents find that arranging pick-up and drop-off can be a huge challenge, depending on their work schedules. The other big challenge is finding before- and after-school care since TK schedules vary in length, anywhere from three to five hours a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has provided funding for schools to add after-school care and enrichment classes in art, STEM or sports, but availability varies from school to school. Some programs charge fees while others are free.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Anything else I should consider?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Napping and toilet training. Some 4-year-olds still nap in the afternoon, which is not part of most TK programs. If that’s a problem, then perhaps you could consider how your child could still nap after school or phase out napping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988060\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988060\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"Three young students hold hands outside as they walk away from the camera towards a play gym structure during recess\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transitional kindergarten students play outside during recess at the International Community School in Oakland on May 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another issue some parents worry about is how prepared their child is to use the bathroom on their own. Marji D. Calbeck, director of elementary support for the Mount Diablo Unified School District, recommends that parents talk with teachers at the start of the school year about any concerns and even pack their kids an extra change of clothes in case they have an accident. Potty accidents happen in school, she said, noting it’s something educators should be equipped to deal with.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What if my child isn’t ready for TK? What are my other options?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California offers several publicly funded early childhood education programs to help meet families’ diverse child care needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://cauniversalprek.org/\">Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK)\u003c/a> initiative, income-eligible families can enroll in federal Head Start programs, the California State Preschool Program or subsidized early learning programs such as home-based “family child care” or private preschools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CSPP offers part-day and full-day options for 2- to 4-year-olds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/cd/ci/mb2306.asp\">Click here to\u003c/a> find out whether you meet the income requirement to enroll your child in CSPP.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where can I find more information?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The state has set up a \u003ca href=\"https://cauniversalprek.org/families/\">website with information about UPK\u003c/a>. To find a program in your area, start with your local school district. You can also explore parent forums or groups on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents can also search for child care that meets their specific needs via \u003ca href=\"http://mychildcareplan.org\">MyChildCarePlan.org\u003c/a>, a search tool supported by California’s network of resource and referral agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If there’s a question you have we didn’t include, feel free to reach out to us — \u003ca href=\"mailto:daisynguyen@kqed.org\">Daisy Nguyen \u003c/a>or \u003ca href=\"mailto:eyu@laist.com\">Elly Yu\u003c/a> — and we’ll do our best to find answers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Approximately \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/early-childhood-education-and-care\">60,000 home-based child care providers\u003c/a> will get to preserve their retirement, health care and training benefits and receive a pay bump under a contract deal their union leaders have struck with the state of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During months of labor talks, the bargaining team for Child Care Providers United said the state was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12045220/after-historic-win-child-care-union-fears-pushback-over-pay-benefits\">threatening to cut back some of the benefits and postpone implementing a plan\u003c/a> to bring their payments up to the “true cost of care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But under the tentative agreement, those benefits will be preserved over the next three years, union leaders said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In these times in which healthcare is under attack by the federal government in the form of Medicaid cuts, which of course is Medi-Cal for us, it’s significant to have a benefit like that so they can take care of themselves and their families as they continue to do this work,” said Max Arias, chief negotiator for the union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He encouraged members to enroll in the CCPU Health Fund to get reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses and possibly monthly premiums.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11935478\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61674_029_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11935478\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61674_029_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut.jpg\" alt='A Black woman wearing a purple t-shirt that says \"Child care\" stands outside.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61674_029_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61674_029_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61674_029_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61674_029_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61674_029_KQED_DaycareYolandaThomas_12142022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yolanda Thomas stands outside her Pittsburg home, where she runs a daycare, on Dec. 14, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The state also offered a cost-of-living adjustment that amounts to a 1.5% subsidy rate increase and $90 million in one-time “stabilization payments” per child, per month, while the two sides work toward implementing the payment plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The stabilization payments means that the state of California recognizes the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11935433/all-work-and-low-pay-the-struggle-of-californias-in-home-child-care-providers\">severe financial pressure we face\u003c/a> and they’re taking action to inject direct funds into the system,” said Yolanda Thomas, owner of Best Beginnings Day Care in Pittsburg and a member of the bargaining team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As small-business owners, home-based child care providers like Thomas don’t have access to employer-provided benefits. In 2019, they won the right to collectively bargain because many of them receive reimbursements from the state to serve lower-income families.[aside postID=news_12046588 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-01-BL-KQED.jpg']For years, the providers complained that the state doesn’t pay them enough to cover the costs of care, putting them at a much \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/californias-changing-child-care-landscape-understanding-costs-and-supply/\">higher risk\u003c/a> of closing their doors than child care centers, which destabilizes the child care market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thomas is licensed to provide care for up to 14 children out of her home, but she’s currently serving 12 with her husband’s help — although soon he’ll have other work to do. She said the funds will allow her to hire an assistant and serve more families, and help cover the cost of online classes she’s about to begin taking to earn a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education through \u003ca href=\"https://www.edvance.edu/\">EDvance College\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thomas has been a child care provider since 2001, but she said she was motivated to continue her professional development so she can earn a living wage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The way we do that is by furthering our education, making sure that the state and parents know that we’re not just babysitters,” she said. “We don’t sit on babies. We teach babies, we make sure they are ready for their brick-and-mortar school.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members will be asked to ratify the deal in several weeks, the union said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>In a park steps away from their \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/head-start\">Head Start\u003c/a> classrooms in Hollister, a group of kids marked the end of their preschool year with a moving-up ceremony. They wore colorful caps and gowns as they were called, one by one, to a balloon archway to receive their certificate of achievement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The kids who are going to kindergarten were born during the pandemic. Though some of them had a challenging start to preschool, their teacher, Maricela Orozco, said they had the social-emotional skills for the next stage of schooling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re more than ready, I can say that, for elementary,” Orozco said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But parents of 4-year-olds who just finished one year of preschool thought their kids would spend another year at Head Start, which uses federal funds to provide educational and other services to lower-income families with children up to 5 years old. They’re upset that the Santa Clara County Office of Education, which runs the Head Start center in this rural community 45 miles southeast of San José, still hasn’t gotten its $38 million federal grant renewed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without that guarantee, \u003ca href=\"https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:1b080735-7d1a-4549-bfac-3918fab447ac?viewer%21megaVerb=group-discover\">combined with reduced or expired funding\u003c/a> that supported the office’s early learning, migrant education and special education services, nearly 275 workers will be laid off June 30. Some 1200 families enrolled in Head Start will have to look for another child care option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044137\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044137\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-15-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-15-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-15-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-15-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Corchado, a Head Start teacher in Hollister, San Benito County, sits with parents and students outside the school on June 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Hollister, where 10% of the population lives below the poverty line, parents rely on Head Start for full-time child care while they go to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very frustrating, it’s very hard. Just not knowing has been rough for us,” Vanessa Hernandez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her son, Daniel, is old enough to begin transitional kindergarten at an elementary school, but Hernandez said he could benefit from another year at Head Start, where classroom sizes are smaller and students and their parents get more individualized support.[aside postID=news_12039626 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg']“With Head Start, you get more time to grow and become more social. In TK, they already expect that of you,” she said. “He needs to be here longer because without the teachers helping him, I don’t know that he’ll succeed for the coming years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evelyn Melchor said when her son started at Head Start, he only spoke Spanish and had a hard time communicating with teachers and classmates. But after his first full year of preschool, Melchor said her son “has done a complete 360.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I ask him how he’s doing, how his day went, whatever he’s going through, he’s able to tell me everything in English and in Spanish,” she said. “Developmentally, so many things have just changed, and to me, it’s the best thing that could have happened to us.\u003cem>”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melchor was also counting on sending her younger son to Head Start when he’s old enough to enroll next year, so she could go back to work as a medical assistant. She said she stopped working when she had her second child because she couldn’t keep up with the rising cost of child care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We did take a hit financially, and it’s been rough,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The uncertainty of the Head Start program in Hollister makes it hard for Melchor to plan for her own future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044135\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044135\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janelle, 6, and Daniel, 4, a current student, play on the playground outside the Head Start in Hollister on June 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“How do I commit [to an employer] if I don’t know what’s gonna happen,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The situation is a fallout of cuts the Trump administration made to the federal workforce, including people who help administer Head Start grants to school districts, nonprofits and other agencies that operate the early childhood education program, said Ed Condon, executive director of the Region 9 Head Start Association, which represents agencies serving Head Start families in the western U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said ever since the Health and Human Services department \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035966/i-know-the-power-of-head-start-laid-off-worker-fears-for-programs-future\">closed half of its regional centers\u003c/a>, including one in San Francisco, local programs have faced long delays in getting help and receiving payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are in contact with people from all over the country, and this very unnecessary disruption and uncertainty has all been generated from the regional office consolidation,” Condon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044138\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-21-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-21-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, 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She leads classes on financial literacy, mental health awareness and ways to support children as they transition to TK or kindergarten. As part of that, she ensures children undergo dental and health checkups before they enter public schools — going as far as helping parents make appointments and finding transportation to the closest pediatric dentist in Salinas, 25 miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said losing Head Start would hurt working-class families who are already bracing for cuts to Medicaid and food stamps, better known as CalFresh in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to be harder for them to find medical facilities that will take them, and now they may not have a place to take their kids,” Corchado said. “It’s scary for a lot of people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But parents of 4-year-olds who just finished one year of preschool thought their kids would spend another year at Head Start, which uses federal funds to provide educational and other services to lower-income families with children up to 5 years old. They’re upset that the Santa Clara County Office of Education, which runs the Head Start center in this rural community 45 miles southeast of San José, still hasn’t gotten its $38 million federal grant renewed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without that guarantee, \u003ca href=\"https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:1b080735-7d1a-4549-bfac-3918fab447ac?viewer%21megaVerb=group-discover\">combined with reduced or expired funding\u003c/a> that supported the office’s early learning, migrant education and special education services, nearly 275 workers will be laid off June 30. Some 1200 families enrolled in Head Start will have to look for another child care option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044137\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044137\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-15-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-15-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-15-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-15-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Corchado, a Head Start teacher in Hollister, San Benito County, sits with parents and students outside the school on June 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Hollister, where 10% of the population lives below the poverty line, parents rely on Head Start for full-time child care while they go to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very frustrating, it’s very hard. Just not knowing has been rough for us,” Vanessa Hernandez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her son, Daniel, is old enough to begin transitional kindergarten at an elementary school, but Hernandez said he could benefit from another year at Head Start, where classroom sizes are smaller and students and their parents get more individualized support.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“With Head Start, you get more time to grow and become more social. In TK, they already expect that of you,” she said. “He needs to be here longer because without the teachers helping him, I don’t know that he’ll succeed for the coming years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evelyn Melchor said when her son started at Head Start, he only spoke Spanish and had a hard time communicating with teachers and classmates. But after his first full year of preschool, Melchor said her son “has done a complete 360.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I ask him how he’s doing, how his day went, whatever he’s going through, he’s able to tell me everything in English and in Spanish,” she said. “Developmentally, so many things have just changed, and to me, it’s the best thing that could have happened to us.\u003cem>”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melchor was also counting on sending her younger son to Head Start when he’s old enough to enroll next year, so she could go back to work as a medical assistant. She said she stopped working when she had her second child because she couldn’t keep up with the rising cost of child care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We did take a hit financially, and it’s been rough,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The uncertainty of the Head Start program in Hollister makes it hard for Melchor to plan for her own future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044135\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044135\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janelle, 6, and Daniel, 4, a current student, play on the playground outside the Head Start in Hollister on June 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“How do I commit [to an employer] if I don’t know what’s gonna happen,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The situation is a fallout of cuts the Trump administration made to the federal workforce, including people who help administer Head Start grants to school districts, nonprofits and other agencies that operate the early childhood education program, said Ed Condon, executive director of the Region 9 Head Start Association, which represents agencies serving Head Start families in the western U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said ever since the Health and Human Services department \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035966/i-know-the-power-of-head-start-laid-off-worker-fears-for-programs-future\">closed half of its regional centers\u003c/a>, including one in San Francisco, local programs have faced long delays in getting help and receiving payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are in contact with people from all over the country, and this very unnecessary disruption and uncertainty has all been generated from the regional office consolidation,” Condon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044138\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-21-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-21-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, 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processing the Santa Clara County Office of Education’s grant application and that funding “is being awarded as expeditiously as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, teachers must clean out their classrooms and wait to hear their fate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We hope that we get some good news during the summertime and we can come back and keep serving a lot of families,” Orozco said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044140\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044140\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-32-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-32-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250610-HEADSTARTPROGRAMS-32-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, 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"content": "\u003cp>Officials have approved a five-year plan to spend close to $1 billion to boost Alameda County’s early childhood education system and bring much-needed relief for providers and parents struggling to keep pace with the high cost of child care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county Board of Supervisors’ decision on Tuesday came after a yearslong battle over the validity of Measure C, a half-cent sales tax approved by voters in March 2020, right before COVID-19 hit and devastated the child care industry. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984169/state-court-upholds-alameda-county-tax-measure-yielding-hundreds-of-millions-for-child-care\">taxpayer group’s lawsuit\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031853/fearing-legal-threats-alameda-county-supervisors-delay-spending-child-care-funds\">threat over the release of \u003c/a>some of the funds held up the money until now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our parents, caregivers and teachers are relieved to receive safety and support from Measure C … it’s going to be such a huge relief for so many members of our community,” said Clarissa Doutherd, executive director of Parent Voices Oakland, who helped lead the effort to get the measure on the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she’s excited to see the money get into the hands of child care providers who are at risk of closing their doors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An advisory council appointed by the supervisors has been holding public meetings and surveying families and child care providers to determine how to best use the money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-04-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039813\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-04-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-04-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-04-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees hold signs at the Day Without Childcare rally in front of the Federal Building in San José on May 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Once we have these precious resources, we want to make sure that we’re doing the best we can in service to families and communities in developing a plan and then implementing it to have the most impact,” said Kristin Spanos, CEO of First 5 Alameda County, which will administer the funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We think it’s really crucial. This is foundational to the health of our communities and families and kids,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Alameda County, 90% of infants and toddlers who qualify for subsidized child care do not have access to it, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.first5alameda.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Measure-C-5-Year-Plan-June-2025.pdf\">a report by First 5\u003c/a>, which points to low pay as one of the main factors behind the shortage of child care providers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given that a child’s brain undergoes rapid development in the first five years of life, Spanos said it’s crucial to support the early education workforce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan calls for spending close to $190 million in the first year to provide emergency relief grants, ranging from $40,000 to $100,000, to home-based Family Child Care providers and child care centers. Providers of subsidized child care or those who are in a census tract with a 5% poverty rate qualify for the grants.[aside postID=news_12033209 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250325_TEACHERS-FOR-TK_DMB_00048-KQED-1020x680.jpg']A category of caregivers who work outside of the formal childcare system, called license-exempt Family, Friend and Neighbor, can also apply for $4,000 in grants now and $500 monthly vouchers the following year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spanos said providers can start applying for the grants, and they may receive the money as early as next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan also calls for funding subsidized child care slots for nearly 2,500 children, raising wages for early educators to at least $25 per hour, supporting their professional development and increasing apprenticeship programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ultimate goal is to improve young kids’ readiness for school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2008, assessments conducted by parents and educators have found that two out of three children in Alameda County were not ready for kindergarten. Because kindergarten readiness is linked to students’ achievements in later grades, Spanos hopes public investment in early care and education will boost children’s kindergarten readiness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She noted that San Francisco, which has been using funds from a commercial rent tax to improve access to child care, has seen a\u003ca href=\"https://sfdec.org/annual-impact-report-2024/\">n increase in overall kindergarten readiness since 2021\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11929192\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS52303_021_SanLeandro_KidConnectPreschool_10222021-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11929192\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS52303_021_SanLeandro_KidConnectPreschool_10222021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"a young child in a colorful sweater works on an art project at preschool while a teacher helps\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS52303_021_SanLeandro_KidConnectPreschool_10222021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS52303_021_SanLeandro_KidConnectPreschool_10222021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS52303_021_SanLeandro_KidConnectPreschool_10222021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS52303_021_SanLeandro_KidConnectPreschool_10222021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS52303_021_SanLeandro_KidConnectPreschool_10222021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A teacher works with students on an art project at Kids Connect Infant Care and Preschool in San Leandro. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We hope to do the same and are excited to be in service to families and young kids in Alameda County,” Spanos said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure C is expected to raise about $150 million in tax revenue annually over the course of 20 years. But because the money has been accruing in a trust since 2020, First 5 expects to invest close to $1 billion in the next five years in the county’s early childhood education and care system. First 5 is also administering $30 million raised annually from \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/boards-commissions/childrens-initiative-oversight-commission\">an Oakland parcel tax\u003c/a>, approved by voters in 2018, to expand access to child care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the dollars won’t be combined, First 5 will coordinate with the city of Oakland to ensure investments from both funds will make the most impact, Spanos said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 20% of Measure C funds go toward improving access to pediatric health care. UCSF Benioff Children’s Oakland, which is the only pediatric trauma center in Alameda County, started receiving funds in April to increase staffing for complex surgeries and other trauma-related work, according to UCSF spokeswoman Jess Berthold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>A category of caregivers who work outside of the formal childcare system, called license-exempt Family, Friend and Neighbor, can also apply for $4,000 in grants now and $500 monthly vouchers the following year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spanos said providers can start applying for the grants, and they may receive the money as early as next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan also calls for funding subsidized child care slots for nearly 2,500 children, raising wages for early educators to at least $25 per hour, supporting their professional development and increasing apprenticeship programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ultimate goal is to improve young kids’ readiness for school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2008, assessments conducted by parents and educators have found that two out of three children in Alameda County were not ready for kindergarten. Because kindergarten readiness is linked to students’ achievements in later grades, Spanos hopes public investment in early care and education will boost children’s kindergarten readiness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She noted that San Francisco, which has been using funds from a commercial rent tax to improve access to child care, has seen a\u003ca href=\"https://sfdec.org/annual-impact-report-2024/\">n increase in overall kindergarten readiness since 2021\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11929192\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS52303_021_SanLeandro_KidConnectPreschool_10222021-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11929192\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS52303_021_SanLeandro_KidConnectPreschool_10222021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"a young child in a colorful sweater works on an art project at preschool while a teacher helps\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS52303_021_SanLeandro_KidConnectPreschool_10222021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS52303_021_SanLeandro_KidConnectPreschool_10222021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS52303_021_SanLeandro_KidConnectPreschool_10222021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS52303_021_SanLeandro_KidConnectPreschool_10222021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS52303_021_SanLeandro_KidConnectPreschool_10222021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A teacher works with students on an art project at Kids Connect Infant Care and Preschool in San Leandro. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We hope to do the same and are excited to be in service to families and young kids in Alameda County,” Spanos said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure C is expected to raise about $150 million in tax revenue annually over the course of 20 years. But because the money has been accruing in a trust since 2020, First 5 expects to invest close to $1 billion in the next five years in the county’s early childhood education and care system. First 5 is also administering $30 million raised annually from \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/boards-commissions/childrens-initiative-oversight-commission\">an Oakland parcel tax\u003c/a>, approved by voters in 2018, to expand access to child care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the dollars won’t be combined, First 5 will coordinate with the city of Oakland to ensure investments from both funds will make the most impact, Spanos said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 20% of Measure C funds go toward improving access to pediatric health care. UCSF Benioff Children’s Oakland, which is the only pediatric trauma center in Alameda County, started receiving funds in April to increase staffing for complex surgeries and other trauma-related work, according to UCSF spokeswoman Jess Berthold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Enrollment in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027158/how-oakland-and-sf-ended-up-among-7-ca-school-districts-who-cant-pay-their-bills\">California public schools\u003c/a> declined for the seventh straight year, placing continuing financial pressure on school districts to cut staff or close schools to account for the lower number of students in their classrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enrollment for the current school year totaled 5,806,221 students, down 31,469 or 0.54% from the prior year, according to \u003ca href=\"https://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/dqcensus/EnrGrdYears.aspx?cds=00&agglevel=state&year=2024-25\">data released Tuesday\u003c/a> by the California Department of Education. The number is significantly lower than the 6.1 million students enrolled in the state’s public schools in the year before the COVID-19 pandemic hit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The most striking indication of these latest enrollment data is that … the dramatic exodus of families and students from public schools early in the pandemic has not reversed itself,” said Thomas Dee, an education professor at Stanford University who has been studying public school enrollment since the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dee said a substantial amount of enrollment decline is due to lower birth rates, families moving out of the state, and a rise in private school and homeschooling enrollment. The most recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/si/ps/psastatcountsbyyear.asp\">state data shows\u003c/a> enrollment in homeschools almost doubled from 25,423 in 2018–19 to 49,402 in 2023–24, while private school enrollment increased from 521,116 to 551,052.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Districts that saw substantial enrollment declines “cannot expect these families to come back anytime soon,” Dee said. “They’ll have to reckon with the financial implications of underpopulated schools that still have the same number of staff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031806\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031806\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/TKSF.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/TKSF.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/TKSF-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/TKSF-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/TKSF-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/TKSF-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/TKSF-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Four-year-old students head back to their transitional kindergarten class at Tule Elk Park Early Educational School in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2001. \u003ccite>(Ana Tintocalis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Growing enrollment for transitional kindergarten and dual language programs slowed the overall decline. The number of TK students grew 17.2%, from 151,491 to 177,570, while most other grade levels saw a dip in enrollment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we have more work to do, the dramatic growth in TK is inspiring and shows that providing rigorous and quality programs can be a key ingredient to bringing more families back to our schools,” Tony Thurmond, the state Superintendent of Public Instruction, said in a statement.[aside postID=news_11989955 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240520-TKPARENTSDILEMMA-07-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']California is in the middle of expanding this new grade so that by this fall, any child who turns 4 by Sept. 1 can enroll in a free year of pre-kindergarten. 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