Elementary schools have difficulty planning kindergarten classes every year because of the unknown. How many wee ones will there be? That’s why everything goes smoother in the first week of school if parents register their kindergarteners early.

Lin Hughes Gold of the Lakewood Neighborhood Association reports that already 140 kindergarteners have been registered at Lakewood Elementary School.

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Anna in the office said that more and more are trickling in every week. We have six teachers plus the dual-language teacher. As of now, there are only about eight people in the dual class. We are already at approximately 22 kids per class. Anna said that we will only get another teacher if we are at 24 plus kids per class.

If a great number of kids register during the first week of school, there will be a lot of shuffling of kids and teachers, which makes a stressful experience for everyone.