founded the first Kid's Community College (KCC) preschool campus in Riverview, Florida. During the 2005-2006 school year, Kilpatrick expanded the KCC educational offerings to include the Kid's Community College Elementary Charter School, serving grades kindergarten through fifth. In 2006 a second preschool campus, Kid's Community College FishHawk, was opened in the FishHawk community located in Li
thia, Florida. Kid's Community College Franchises formed on November 21, 2006, and began offering KCC preschool and charter school franchises in November 2007. During the 2009-2010 school year, the Kid's Community College Middle Charter School (KCCMCS) opened its doors providing services for sixth grade, grew to sixth and seventh grade in 2010-2011, and expanded to sixth through eighth grade in 2011-2012. In October 2010, the Kid's Community College Elementary Orange County campus was approved and will be opening for the 2012-2013 school year in Orange County (Orlando), Florida. Today Kid's Community College provides IB, NAF College Prep and Career Ready, VPK and K-12 educational campus throughout Riverview. Prior to opening KCC in 2003, Kilpatrick collaborated with several child development graduate students to create the Kid's Community College 1st Degree Learning System. The system incorporates the Multiple Intelligence Principles of Howard Gardner with a differentiated, individual, and developmentally appropriate approach. Students are tested in the beginning of the school year using a number of measures including the Multiple Intelligence Development Assessment Scales (MIDAS). The MIDAS results indicate the individual learning modality of each student. KCC teachers then use the MIDAS and other assessments to tailor their classroom lesson plans to meet the individual learning styles of each child. Included in the 1st Degree Learning System are Individual Development and Education Plans (IDEPs) for every enrolled student. The IDEPs are completed three times throughout the school year through parent and teacher collaborations. Three goals are chosen for each student to accomplish with assistance of individual lesson plans created by the teacher specifically for each student's goal. The 1st Degree Learning System forms the foundation for the Kid's Community College mission statement, "dedicated to the well-being and educational success of EVERY child." The system is implemented with each student at each campus, preschool through high school. The Kid's Community College Charter School (KCCCS) Riverview campus was established in 2005 within the Lake Saint Charles community located in Riverview, Florida. The campus initially served 54 students in kindergarten through second grade and expanded to a complete elementary school by the 2008-2009 school year, serving 320 student in grades kindergarten through fifth. KCCCS has maintained a current Florida School Grade of "A". The KCCCS Riverview campus has also achieved and maintained accreditation since 2010 through the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA-CASI). KCC begins its 20th academic year as a Hillsborough County elementary school of choice, and serves a diverse population of 210 VPK students, 142 preschoolers and 1,430 kindergarten through 8th grade students on three campuses.
