Kids Connection coordinator outlines changes, necessary improvements
NEW ULM – Kids Connection and Little Kids Connection (KC/LKC) coordinator Lisa Bauman and 10-year employee Karrie Borchert outlined some current and future changes and necessary improvements during the School Board Study Session Thursday. KC is school-based child care that currently covers grades K-6. LKC covers 3- and 4-year-old pre-K students. KC will be dropping the eligibility for fifth and sixth graders starting next school year. Bauman said this comes from Brown County Guidelines, which state that kids from 8 to 10 years old can stay at home for up to three hours by themselves. ...