There are three reasons why kindergarten classrooms are needed:
1. Based on local birth rates from 5 years ago, BCSC predicts the largest kindergarten class ever in 2012-2013.
2. As the economy improves our growth numbers in general will continue to rise.
3. The existing kindergarten classrooms were built when kindergarten was only a half-day program and twice as many students could be accommodated. The full day kindergarten program grew from 351 students in 2010-2011 to 468 in 2011-2012. In addition, it is likely that the state legislature will support full-day kindergarten at some point, which increases the urgency of having space available for growth in that area.
