Beginning a journey, building a foundation
2013-14 prekindergarten enrollment
Applications now available for
lottery
Prekindergarteners are enrolled through a lottery designed to
provide equal access for all Albany children.
Click here for an application. You must enter your child
into the lottery to get a seat in the program of your choice.
A child must be 4 by Dec.
1, 2013, in order to qualify for prekindergarten during the 2013-14
school year. Classes have a maximum of 18 children to make sure each
child gets the individual attention that makes the prekindergarten
experience meaningful.
For more information
about what you need to register your child,
visit our Required
Documents section. You also can call Central Registration at
475-6125 between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Central
Registration is located at 75 Watervliet Ave.
The district will not provide bus transportation to any prekindergarten
program in 2013-14.
How does the prekindergarten lottery work?
You must
enter your child into the lottery to get a seat in the program of your
choice. The lottery is conducted by an independent national firm to
assure fairness and impartiality.
On the lottery application, you
will be asked to select your first, second and third
choices. Student selection is random, but certain factors take
priority when determining where your child will be enrolled:
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Sibling preference.
A child
with a brother or sister already in elementary school receives
first preference at that school.
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Neighborhood preference.
Second preference is given to a child who lives within a
half-mile of a magnet school or within a given neighborhood school’s
attendance zone.
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Open enrollment. This option allows parents to
choose a non-magnet school outside their attendance zone.
The lottery drawing
for the 2013-14 school year will be held April 16.
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