Pre-K lottery sign-up starts soon in Richmond, Columbia counties

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The prekindergarten lottery registration for the 2023-24 faculty yr is approaching, and can decide which youngsters can be accepted into this system.

In keeping with officers, the registration can be from March 1 to April 10, the place the registration hyperlink can be made out there throughout that point.

Under are the necessities and knowledge for registering your baby for Pre-Okay this upcoming faculty yr:

Age necessities

To be eligible for pre-Okay, youngsters have to be 4 years of age on or earlier than Sept.1, 2023, primarily based on acceptable documentation, similar to start certificates, certificates of dwell start, passports, official medical paperwork, authorized paperwork or official paperwork from different international locations.

Solely youngsters whose birthdates are from Sept. 2, 2018, by Sept. 1, 2019, are eligible for participation within the faculty yr.

Mother and father and lecturers are inspired to think about the kid’s date of start, bodily maturity, emotional maturity, and prior experiences when making the choice to enroll a toddler within the Pre-Okay program.

Proof of residency and proof of age have to be on file the primary day the kid begins this system.

Proof of residency (required at time of registration or on the primary day of attendance) can embody:

• Present mortgage assertion/lease settlement
• Present utility invoice
• Present automobile registration
• Property tax discover
• Letter from shelter
• PeachCare eligibility doc

Proof of age (required at time of registration or on the primary day of attendance) can embody:

• Authentic start certificates
• Certificates of dwell start
• Passport
• Official medical paperwork
• Authorized paperwork
• Official paperwork from different international locations

Different required documentation

• Social Safety card or Social Safety waiver kind (supplied by Vivid from the Begin)
• GA Kind 3231- Immunization Kind (due inside the first 30 days of faculty)
• GA Kind 3300- Eye, Ear, Dental, and Vitamin Screening (due inside the first 90 days of faculty)

Columbia County

The Columbia County College District’s prekindergarten registration is from Feb. 27 to March 24.

Youngsters should reside within the zone of an elementary faculty that provides a pre-Okay program.

Youngsters have to be 4 years outdated on or earlier than Sept. 1, 2023, to take part on this lottery-funded program. To register to attend pre-Okay at a specific faculty, the kid should reside with their father or mother or authorized guardian in that college zone. For actual zoning info, search Discover My Bus Cease.

Please deliver two of the popular paperwork to the varsity to verify that you just dwell within the zone during which you’re registering.

Contact your zoned faculty with a pre-Okay program to register for the drawing. Colleges with a pre-Okay program embody:

• Baker Place Elementary
• Brookwood Elementary
• Euchee Creek Elementary
• Grovetown Elementary
• North Columbia Elementary
• North Harlem Elementary

The pre-Okay drawing will happen March 31 and outcomes can be posted by the tip of the day on the respective faculty’s web site by 4 p.m.

This registration affords mother and father a chance to enter their baby’s identify right into a random drawing for the restricted variety of slots out there at every faculty’s zoned website. It doesn’t assure a pre-Okay seat on the faculty. Every baby can be assigned a singular Pre-Okay Drawing Quantity upon registering for the drawing on the baby’s zoned faculty

On-line registration to be entered into the drawing is just not out there on account of state-required kinds within the packet. Mother and father can entry a hyperlink to printable clean kinds to allow them to full, signal, and convey the kinds to the varsity.

Go to Vivid From the Begin, to be directed to the Division of Early Care and Studying state web site.

In case you are fascinated with viewing a listing of personal facilities that provides the lottery-funded pre-Okay program, go to the Division of Early Care and Studying web site, click on on the packages tab on the prime, click on on Georgia Lottery Pre-Okay, discover a location, and enter your tackle to start the search.

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