The first day of school in Montgomery County on Monday coincided with the release of a glowing report on the school system’s early childhood initiatives, leading off a year sure to be full of outgoing Superintendent Jerry Weast’s success stories.

The report, published by the Foundation for Child Development and the Pew Center on the States, commends the district’s efforts to enroll 3- and 4-year-olds and to connect their lessons to long-term goals, such as college-readiness.