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Featured Ephrata Kindergarten Enrollment Drops Enough to Cut a Teaching Position Source ONE News staff Sep 2, 2026 Sep 2, 2026 Updated Sep 2, 2026 1 min to read Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Credit: Ephrata School District Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save EPHRATA — Ephrata School District is reducing its kindergarten teaching staff by one position for the new school year as officials report fewer children enrolling in kindergarten.Superintendent Ken Murray told the Ephrata School Board during its Aug. 24 meeting that kindergarten enrollment is currently down, prompting the district to reduce kindergarten staffing by one teacher for the 2026-27 school year. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. kAm%96 492?86 5@6D ?@E :?G@=G6 2 E62496C 36:?8 =2:5 @77] p44@C5:?8 E@ E96 5:DEC:4E[ E96 C65F4E:@? 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