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title: "EDSOURCE: Should California offer transitional kindergarten to all 4-year-olds?"
description: Learn about how Kids Konnect feels about the California government's plans for transitional child care and how it will impact private child care centers
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# [EDSOURCE: Should California offer transitional kindergarten to all 4-year-olds?](https://www.kids-konnect.com/press/edsource-how-the-biden-administration-will-impact-californias-child-care-crisis-0-1)

 Written by [Kids Konnect Preschools](https://www.kids-konnect.com/press/author/kids-konnect-preschools) | May 13, 2021 10:30:00 PM

Makinya Ward, Founder and Director at Kids Konnect, appeared in an [article in EdSource](https://edsource.org/2021/should-california-offer-transitional-kindergarten-to-all-4-year-olds/654561) to talk about how the California government's proposed plans to offer transitional kindergarten to all 4-year-olds feels like a slap in the face after the pandemic. 

EdSource Article by Karen D'Souza.

> “It feels like an erosion of our child care centers that is on the way. The bottom line is that we are going to lose our 4-year-olds, and many enjoyed working with that age.”  
> - Makinya Ward

 

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