Kindergarten screening goes digital

COLFAX–Kindergarten enrollment in Colfax this year is being done without the perspective student stepping into the building.

With the school building closed except for a few staffers, Jennings Elementary has changed how it screens and enrolls incoming kindergarteners. Previously, the screenings happened on select days in April. The student and parent would set up a time to come to the school. They would check in and the child would go with one of the kindergarten teachers for screening while the parent filled out paperwork. The process took about 20 to 30 minutes.

The new online enrollment ope...