Pre-Kindergarten Sign Up for

 School Year 2010-2011

Notice Posted November 2, 2009

 

Space is very limited for the PreKindergarten programs at Oak Forest Elementary School.  On Monday, March 29, 2010, please arrive at 7:15AM for a one time Sign-Up session - a first come, first served basis for incoming Pre-Kindergarten students.  You will be asked to complete an information sheet and a temporary Pre-Application to determine eligibility for the upcoming school year.  We will contact you by telephone with the status of your child’s eligibility for the program.  If your child is not eligible based on the information provided, his/her name will be removed from the class list.  The next person on the Sign-Up List will be contacted.  Once the classes are filled with eligible students, all remaining students will be referred to neighboring campuses.

To be eligible for enrollment in a district prekindergarten program, a child must:

  • Be four years of age on or before September 1 of a given school year
  • Live within the boundaries of the Houston Independent School District

AND meet at least one of the following criteria:

·         Be homeless

·         Be unable to speak or understand English

·         Be economically disadvantaged

·         Be the child of an active-duty member of the U.S. military or one who has been killed, injured, or missing in action while on active duty

·         Child is or ever has been in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services following an adversary hearing held as provided by Section 262.201, Family code

·         National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to include all children who meet any eligibility criteria for Head Start, not only those who meet the low-income eligibility criteria for Head Start. The TEC, §5.001(4), defines educationally disadvantaged as "eligible to participate in the national free or reduced/price lunch program." Consequently, all children who are eligible for Head Start are eligible for free prekindergarten, based on their eligibility for the NSLP. [1][1] Public Law 110-134, which amended 42 USC, §1758

Note:  There are no school zones for pre-kindergarten, applicants must meet district eligibility only.  Preference cannot be made for siblings or applicants who reside in the Elementary Zone.          (HISD Elementary School Guidelines 2009-2010)