The Echo

REMINDER: The Deadline to Apply for Full-Day Kindergarten is

THURSDAY, JULY 15

Great news for Christina families—the District will expand Full-Day Kindergarten options to all of our elementary schools this year. (Note: Full-Day Kindergarten is already available in city elementary schools.) You must apply by the July 15 deadline to be considered for a Full-Day Kindergarten seat. Availability is limited, so please apply early!

Some families participated in the School Choice option for Full-Day Kindergarten for 2010, and have received notification about their child’s Choice placement for 2010. Those families will have priority to either stay in their choice school or return to their feeder school for Full-Day Kindergarten. Those families will be contacted first to discuss their preferences, and to submit required forms.

All suburban elementary schools will offer a total of 44 choice seats for Full-Day Kindergarten, and these will be filled as available. If more applications are received than seats that are available, a lottery process will go into effect for those seats with priority assigned to feeder students.

The deadline for applying for Full-Day Kindergarten is July 15, 2010.

Parents will be notified by mail during the week of July 26, 2010.

All remaining seats will be assigned half-day Kindergarten. All suburban schools will continue to offer half-day Kindergarten.

Full implementation of unlimited Full-Day Kindergarten is anticipated in 2011.

Children must be age 5 by August 31 to attend Kindergarten.

To Apply for Full-Day Kindergarten Choice:

The deadline for Full-Day Kindergarten Choice Re-Opening applications is Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. Kindergarten Choice Re-Opening Forms are available in English and Spanish at every Christina Elementary School, and at the District Administrative Office. They are also available online at www.christina.k12.de.us/FDK. For more information, please contact the Education Options office at 552-2618.

COMPLETED APPLICATIONS must be mailed, faxed or hand delivered to:

• School Choice/Education Options Office

600 North Lombard Street

Wilmington, DE 19801

• Fax completed applications to: 302-429-4138

Schools will not accept applications. They must be mailed, faxed or hand delivered to the address and fax number listed above.