Enhanced Pre-Kindergarten Program To Be Offered This Fall By HCPSS

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — The Howard County Public School System will offer an enhanced pre-kindergarten program starting in the fall of 2022. Full-day pre-K, currently offered in seven schools, will be available at 17 elementary schools across the county. These 6.5 hour, full-day classes will be co-taught in inclusive classrooms with developmentally appropriate instruction and evidence-based intervention and include lunch/recess and related arts.

Full-day (6.5 hour) MINC-PK will continue to be available at 19 schools in the county. Four and five day MINC-PK classes will be offered.

Full-day Pre-K is open to children who will be 4 by Sept. 1 and meet income eligibility requirements or are deemed eligible by an individualized educational plan team if special education is needed. Interested families may submit a paper application or apply online.

HCPSS will continue to offer half-day prekindergarten to eligible children. Pre-K students will attend the school to which they are assigned, the school district explained. Families must live in the attendance area of the school where they plan to enroll their child.