Full-Day Kindergarten Lottery Set For February: District 202

PLAINFIELD, IL — District 202 will once again offer its full-day kindergarten pilot program, but because there's not enough space to accommodate every student full time, a lottery will be offered — likely as soon as next month.

"District 202 still does not have enough space to provide full-day kindergarten to the 1,400 to 1,500 students projected to be eligible to attend kindergarten next year," the district said in a Facebook post on Sunday. "Therefore, District 202 will again hold a random, computerized lottery for full-day kindergarten for the 2018-19 school year. In all, 408 full-day kindergarten spaces will be awarded – 24 students at each of the district’s 17 elementary schools."

Lottery details will be available after the board votes on an attendance zoning proposal — the first major attendance boundary change in about a decade — on Jan. 22.

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"We anticipate that the Full Day Kindergarten lottery will be held in February," the district said. "More information will be posted here and will be mailed to each District 202 address."

Parents with questions should email FDK@psd202.org. To be eligible to enroll in kindergarten, students must be 5 years old on or before Sept. 1.

Image via Patch file/District 202