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Early Childhood Center Lottery is On: Don't Miss Your Chance to Get Your Child In

There are only a certain amount of spaces for the 2016-1027 school year, and the lottery is open now for applications.

Now through Jan. 13, the Marlborough Early Childhood Center (ECC) is accepting registrations for the 2016-17 school year. There are limited spaces, to ECC uses a lottery system to admit students.

All Marlborough ECC preschool programs are four-day programs unless otherwise specified in a student’s Individualized Education Program.

Bus transportation is only available to students with special needs who qualify for it; most parents are responsible for their ECC students’ transportation to and from school.

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To qualify for the ECC’s lottery, parents must complete all registration materials on the ECC’s registration webpage. Registration documents must be completed in full and can be returned to the ECC between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday (except holidays) now through Jan. 13, 2016.

Registrations received after Jan. 13 automatically will go on a wait list.

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Those who submit a registration by the deadline will be contacted in December or early January with an appointment for a screening. The lottery will be held shortly after the Jan. 14 screening day.

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