JEB POLICY ON ENTRANCE AGES

KINDERGARTEN: Children who will be five (5) years of age by September 1st of the school year during which they wish to enroll, will be eligible to enter kindergarten.

Any child or children who move into the Pentucket Regional School District during the school year will be allowed to transfer from another kindergarten program in which he/she/they had been properly enrolled, into a kindergarten program in the Pentucket Regional School District.

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

Exceptions to this first grade entrance age may be made by the building principal for new students who have successfully completed a kindergarten program in either a public school system, or a private school.

Any child or children, who move into the Pentucket Regional School District during the school year and who are enrolled as a first grader in the sending district (public or private), will be allowed to enroll in first grade at the Pentucket Regional School District, regardless of age.

Previous Adoption: June 28, 1994
New Adoption: May 7, 2019
Updated Adoption: August 6, 2024