{"id":237,"date":"2012-06-30T00:10:50","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T00:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.websitefix.net\/clients\/Generic\/?page_id=237"},"modified":"2022-04-22T15:50:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T15:50:28","slug":"public-education-system","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/SouthFlorida3\/KeyesScripps\/?page_id=237","title":{"rendered":"Public Education System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ACADEMICS  \/ PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nRegistration<br \/>\nChildren eligible  for kindergarten enrollment must be five years old on or before September 1st  of the current school year. Children eligible for first grade enrollment must  have completed kindergarten in a public or non-public school and must be six  years old on or before September 1st of the current school year. Documentation  needed for registration include a legal birth certificate or other legal  evidence of date of birth, physician-signed proof of immunizations, a record of  a recent health examination by a Florida physician, and proof of residence.  Details about required immunizations and other information that will assist  parents in preparing school-age children for education in Florida can be  obtained from:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Office of Early Learning<br \/>\n<\/strong>School Readiness Programs<br \/>\n850-921-3180<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridaearlylearning.com\">www.floridaearlylearning.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Immunization Information<br \/>\n<\/strong>Florida Department of Health<br \/>\nTallahassee<br \/>\n850-245-4342<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridahealth.gov\/programs-and-services\/immunization\/\">http:\/\/www.floridahealth.gov\/programs-and-services\/immunization\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Assessment &amp; Testing<br \/>\nFlorida schools  administer the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT), an achievement  designed to measure specific Sunshine State Standards benchmarks in reading and  math. Test scores are measured on a scoring range from 100 to 500 and grouped  into five achievement levels: Level 1 (lowest) to Level 5 (highest). For more  details on the FCAT or standardized nationwide tests, contact Accountability,  Research &amp; Measurement. For general information or answers to specific  questions about Florida education, contact the appropriate offices:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Florida Department of Education<br \/>\n<\/strong>850-245-0505<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fldoe.org\">www.fldoe.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Accountability, Research &amp; Measurement<br \/>\n<\/strong>850-245-0437<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/about-us\/division-of-accountability-research-me.stml\">www.fldoe.org\/about-us\/division-of-accountability-research-me.stml<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Assessment &amp; School Performance<br \/>\n<\/strong>850-245-0513<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/accountability\/assessments\/contact-us.stml\">http:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/accountability\/assessments\/contact-us.stml<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Early Learning<br \/>\n<\/strong>850-245-0445<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridaearlylearning.com\">www.floridaearlylearning.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACADEMICS \/ PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM Registration Children eligible for kindergarten enrollment must be five years old on or before September 1st of the current school year. Children eligible for first grade enrollment must have completed kindergarten in a public or non-public school and must be six years old on or before September 1st of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/SouthFlorida3\/KeyesScripps\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/SouthFlorida3\/KeyesScripps\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/SouthFlorida3\/KeyesScripps\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/SouthFlorida3\/KeyesScripps\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/SouthFlorida3\/KeyesScripps\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/SouthFlorida3\/KeyesScripps\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":702,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/SouthFlorida3\/KeyesScripps\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions\/702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/SouthFlorida3\/KeyesScripps\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}