Kindergarten countdown

Lodi parent Thomasina Kulp isn't overly worried about her twin sons Anthony and Jonathan, 4, succeeding in kindergarten next year. Getting them there, however, is a different story altogether.

"I'm a little nervous," Kulp admitted Monday, when she came to pick the boys up at Happy Hours Preschool on Turner Road. "I have to figure out where in the world to get all the information."

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