Brenna McCarter touches a smart board in the transitional kindergarten classroom at South Central Calhoun Elemetary School Feb. 7. School administrators are proposing eliminating TK next year and putting all students who turn 5 by the Sept. 15 birthday cutoff into kindergarten, with the understanding that some students may be retained for a second year of kindergarten. GRAPHIC-ADVOCATE PHOTO/ERIN SOMMERS

Khrysta Kraft, a transitional kindergarten student at South Central Calhoun Elementary School, counts out straws during an activity Feb. 7. The district's school board will discuss the future of the TK program at its Feb. 20 meeting. GRAPHIC-ADVOCATE PHOTO/ERIN SOMMERS

Mary and Dale Sexton are seen at their Sunnyview apartment Friday. The couple celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary Jan. 4. GRAPHIC-ADVOCATE PHOTO/ERIN SOMMERS

Mary and Dale Sexton look at their wedding photo at their Sunnyview apartment Friday. They were married Jan. 4, 1947, in Rockwell City. GRAPHIC-ADVOCATE PHOTO/ERIN SOMMERS

South Central Calhoun Elementary School kindergarten students eat lunch in the school's multipurpose room Friday. The school board has been discussion a project that would add a gym to the school, which would create separate spaces for physical education and lunch. Right now, the multipurpose room serves as both gym and cafeteria. GRAPHIC-ADVOCATE PHOTO/ERIN SOMMERS