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EDMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM
2007-2008
A free Pre-Kindergarten Program will be offered on a
space available basis at the following elementary sites:Charles Haskel,
Chisholm, Clyde Howell, Cross Timbers, Ida Freeman, John Ross, Northern
Hills, Orvis Risner, Sunset,West Field, and Will Rogers. The
Pre-Kindergarten Program enrollment will be open across the district. If
more applications are received than spaces available at each site, class
rosters will be determined by random drawings. At the completion of the
Pre-Kindergarten year, students attending Pre-Kindergarten at a site
other than their neighborhood school should expect to attend their
neighborhood school for Kindergarten unless a transfer is granted for
the Kindergarten year.
ELIGIBILITY:
Student must be at least four years of age, but not older than 5 years
of age, on or before September 1, 2007.
Parent or legal guardian must be a resident of the Edmond Public
School District
APPLICATION PROCEDURES:
Beginning Monday, April 16, 2007, parents who are interested in having
their child in one of the Pre-Kindergarten classes may go to any one of
the Edmond Elementary Schools or the Administrative Center at 1001 W.
Danforth, and ask for an application for the Pre-Kindergarten Program.
Patrons will be given an application on which they may indicate their
Pre-Kindergarten school choices. Parents will be allowed to name two
school sites, a first and a second choice. Morning or afternoon
preference can be noted at the time of enrollment, not on the
application.
The application should be completed and returned to Lynne Rowley,
Director of Elementary Education, at the Administrative Center, 1001 W.
Danforth, Edmond, Oklahoma, 73003. Applications can be returned in
person or by mail. They will be accepted until 4:30 p.m. on Monday,
April 30th, 2007. ONLY ONE APPLICATION PER CHILD MAY BE SUBMITTED. IF
MORE THAN ONE APPLICATION FOR A CHILD IS SUBMITTED, ALL APPLICATIONS FOR
THAT CHILD WILL BE WITHHELD FROM THE DRAWING AND THE CHILD’S NAME WILL
BE ADDED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE WAITING LIST. CHILDREN WHO HAVE PREVIOUSLY
BEEN SERVED IN AN EPS PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM MAY NOT MAKE APPLICATION
FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR.
SPECIAL NOTE: IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN AS THE RESULT OF A MULTIPLE BIRTH,
I.E. TWINS, TRIPLETS, ETC., PLEASE PUT THEIR NAMES ON ONE APPLICATION.
SELECTION PROCEDURES:
Wednesday, May 2, 2007, applications will be separated by
“first choice” sites and placed in separate boxes. The applications will
be drawn at random, one at a time, to determine the enrollment list for
each of the Pre-Kindergarten schools. When the classes at a specific
site are full (20 per session), the remainder of the applications will
be saved until the drawings for each site are completed. If after the
first round of drawings are completed, there are openings on class
rosters, applications that were not drawn during the first round will be
separated by “second choice” sites. If more applications exist for a
“second choice site” than openings remain on the class roster, a second
round of drawings will be held to fill the class roster. Finally, all of
the remaining applications that have yet to be drawn for a space on a
class roster at either a first or second choice site, will be put in a
box and a third drawing will be achieved to establish the District
waiting list. The drawing is not open to the public, but will be
witnessed by parent and administrative representatives and video taped.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:
Lists
of the students’ names in the order drawn will be posted at all Edmond
Elementary Schools and the Administrative Center by 8:00 a.m., Thursday,
May 3, 2006. Lists will be posted by site. The District waiting list
will also be posted. THIS IS THE ONLY NOTIFICATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE
DRAWING(S). PARENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CHECKING THE POSTINGS TO LEARN
THE STATUS OF THEIR CHILD’S APPLICATION. IF THEIR CHILD IS ON A CLASS
ROSTER, IT IS THE PARENT’S (GUARDIAN’S) RESPONSIBILITY TO FOLLOW THROUGH
WITH THE ENROLLMENT PROCEDURES BEGINNING MAY 4, AND ENDING AT 3:30 P.M.
ON MAY 10.
ENROLLMENT PROCEDURES:
Beginning Thursday, May 3, the parent/guardian should go to the school
where their child is on the class roster to begin enrollment procedures.
Initial enrollments resulting from the drawing(s) must be completed by
May 10, 2006. All required documents must be presented and all paper
work completed to ensure the child’s placement in the class. If
enrollment is not completed by 3:30 p.m., Friday, May 11, 2007, the
child’s place in the class will be forfeited and the parent/guardian of
the next child on the waiting list will be contacted to complete the
enrollment process.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS: (Must be provided at the time that the actual
enrollment process is completed at the school site)
Legal Birth Certificate (not a hospital certificate)
2
Proofs of Residence (one from each category):
• Utility Bill (water, gas, or electric). Telephone and cable bills are
not accepted.
• Lease, Mortgage Statement, Warranty Deed, Contract, or Ad Valorem
Statement
Current
Immunization Record (Immunizations must be completed or proof provided
that the series is “in process” before the child will be allowed to
enter school):
• 4 doses of DTP/DtaP
• 3 doses of IPV/OPV
• 1 dose MMR
• 3 doses Hep B
• 2 doses Hep A
• 1 dose Varicella (chicken pox) or history of disease
If
an opening occurs at any of the Pre-Kindergarten sites, applicants on
the waiting list will be contacted by telephone, in the order of their
place on the waiting list, to determine if they remain interested in
placement for their child. If a parent is interested in the opening,
three school days will be allowed to complete the enrollment process
before the next applicant on the waiting list is called. If a
parent/guardian is interested only in a particular site, a note will be
made of that preference. The child will retain their place on the
waiting list until a space in the school of their preference is offered.
After the initial enrollment process has been completed , second-round
applications will be available at the Pre-Kindergarten sites throughout
the school year. After all students on the original waiting list have
been offered spaces in the Pre-Kindergarten Program, the second round
applicants will be called as openings occur at the site in the order in
which the applications were received at the site. Applicants whose names
are on the waiting list do not need to reapply since they will be
offered a space before second-round applicants are offered space in the
program.
Should
the first and second round applicants all be placed, openings in
Pre-Kindergarten Programs will be posted as they occur throughout the
year on Multimedia Channel 18 and in each elementary school in the
district.
TRANSPORTATION:
The
district will not provide transportation.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Edmond
Public Schools Pre-Kindergarten Program is a voluntary, space available
program. A minimum class size of 15 students will be required for a
program to be offered at a site. In the event less than 15 students
enroll for a particular session, the Edmond Public Schools reserves the
right to cancel the class. The maximum class size is 20 students and
will be taught by an Early Childhood Certified teacher. Each class will
also have a teacher assistant.
Classes
will follow the same schedule as the district half-day kindergarten
program. There will be morning and afternoon sessions at designated
sites if space is available and there are enough students for the
classes to make.
Additional
classes may be formed after the initial application period due to
changes in the projected enrollments. For example, occasionally a school
will have an afternoon section made available if Kindergarten
projections are not met. All such classes will be filled from the
waiting list.
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