Florida Ponders Low Enrollment for Summer Pre-K

Florida’s new voluntary prekindergarten program—which drew nearly 100,000 children over the school year—is serving less than one-tenth of that figure in its summer program.

The school-year program began last fall and is operated by private child-care and preschool providers. But the summer program, which serves children in the months immediately before they enter kindergarten and has a stronger academic focus, is operated by the public schools.

It’s not clear if that difference explains the low summer turnout, but the contrast in...