Valley View School District to Launch Tuition-Based Community Preschool in 2017-18

Valley View School District 365U is expanding its award-winning pre-school program.

Up to 200 tuition-paid spots at the Valley View Early Childhood Center will be available next fall for children who are at least three but do not turn five before Sept.1, 2017. Children must live within the VVSD boundaries.

“Ninety percent of brain development occurs by the time a child reaches five,” said Tionia Williams, Assessment Team Teacher for VVECC. “That’s why it’s so important for us to reach early learners and to get these children in school at an early age.”

Applications for the new program must be made on-line at either www.vvsd.org or www.vvsd.org/VVECC between Jan. 23 and Feb. 22, 2017. Because the number of spots available is limited, a lottery will be held on Feb. 23, 2017 to determine students who have been accepted into the program.

Parents will receive an e-mail no later than Feb. 27, 2017 notifying them if their child has been accepted or has been placed on a waiting list. Parents whose children are accepted must secure the spot by making a non-refundable $65 payment between March 6 and March 24. Tuition is $2,450. It can be paid in 10 equal monthly installments with the first payment due May 1, or paid at once with a 4 percent discount ($2,350.) Those families who have another child in VVECC will receive a 10 percent discount.

The half-day program will be housed at the Valley View Early Childhood Center, 753 Dalhart Ave., Romeoville. Sessions will run from 8:55 to 11:25 a.m. or 12:40 to 3:10 p.m. Monday through Thursday. No transportation will be provided for tuition-based students. Classes begin next August.

Additional information on the program will be available after Nov. 15 at the Early Childhood Center and at all VVSD elementary schools.

“There are kids out there who need a pre-school program,” Williams said. “It’s our job to reach them so they are ready to achieve and function later in life.”

photo via Valley View School District 365U

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