Brookings superintendent highlights kindergarten registration, boundary work and STEM partnerships

Superintendent Dr. Schultz used the administrative report to push for early kindergarten registrations and to explain how those numbers will inform the district’s elementary boundary work and budgeting.

"Kindergarten registration is open," Dr. Schultz said, and she urged families with children who will be kindergarten age next year to register as soon as possible so the district can finalize boundary work and classroom placements. She announced two parent information nights — Feb. 3 and Feb. 11 — where building administrators and kindergarten registration leads will explain the new screening and registration process.

Dr. Schultz said the district has paused some boundary tasks during the Infinite Campus rollout but expects to return to draft boundary proposals for policy‑committee review and then hold community meetings. She noted the district currently pilots a 'junior kindergarten' at one of the three elementary sites and that administrators are working through placement and screening details.

In other administrative updates, Dr. Schultz described a summer STEM internship that brought bioengineering students into district classrooms and promoted the district’s Smart Social partnership, offering parental‑controls guidance for devices and platforms such as Minecraft and Roblox.

The superintendent also said the district is creating an updated equipment asset list to help prioritize budgeting for boilers, roofs and other facilities work.

Board members asked for more detail on kindergarten screening operations and were directed to upcoming parent nights and the district website for further information.