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UPDATE: Registration For Pre-K Opens TODAY, August 7
Tyler ISD will offer pre-kindergarten programs at three locations for the 2008-09 school year. Full-day bilingual classes will be offered at Bonner and Douglas Elementary schools and a half-day English class will be offered at Owens Elementary School, according to information from TISD.

To be eligible for the district pre-kindergarten program, a child must be 4 years old on or before Sept. 1. The child is eligible for enrollment in the pre-kindergarten program if he/she meets any or all of the following criteria:

  • Limited English proficient (LEP);

  • "Educationally disadvantaged." (If qualifying by income, documentation of all sources of income for all members of the household must be submitted);

  • Child of an active-duty member of the Armed Forces;

  • Child of a member of the Armed Forces who was injured or killed while serving on active duty;

  • Child is in foster care.

    Registration will be accepted on a "first come, first served" basis at Owens Elementary, according to TISD.

    • Registration at Owens Elementary, 11780 CR 168, will be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday; 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday; and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday.

    If space is still available, registration for pre-kindergarten students at Owens will begin at 9 a.m. Aug. 18 and continue until all spaces are full.

    Registration for bilingual pre-kindergarten at Bonner and Douglas elementary schools is accepted on a "space available" basis, according to TISD.

    Beginning Thursday, registration will take place daily from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Bonner Elementary, 235 S. Saunders and at Douglas Elementary, 1525 North Carlyle Ave.

    For more information about the pre-kindergarten program, call 903-262-1000.

    This article was updated on Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 4:10 p.m. CDT.


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