State Announces Pre-K Lottery Opens May 1

CRANSTON, RI—The state on Monday announced the Pre-kindergarten lottery is open. To be eligible, children must be 4 years old by September 1. They must also be residents of one of these 11 communities: Central Falls, Cranston, East Providence, Johnston, Newport, North Providence, Pawtucket, Providence, Warwick, West Warwick, and Woonsocket.

Families can apply online at https://www3.ride.ri.gov/PKLottery or can pick up an application at a program location. Completed applications should be returned to the program of choice. Families may apply for more than one site if multiple sites exist in their community of residence, but only one application per site will be accepted. Applications will be accepted through June 29.

Children are selected for participation by lottery, and families will be notified in early July, pending state budget approval by the General Assembly.

The state has added four new sites in Central Falls, Pawtucket, and Providence to bring the total to 60 classrooms with space for 1,800 children.

The 60 Pre-kindergarten Program sites for the 2017-2018 school year are:

Central Falls:
• Central Falls School District, Capt. Hunt Early Learning Center (12 Kendall Street) – 3 classrooms
• Expansion - Central Falls School District, Margaret I. Robertson Elementary (135 Hunt Street) – 2 classrooms

Cranston:
• Comprehensive Community Action Program (848 Atwood Ave.) – 2 classrooms
• The Children’s Workshop (546 Budlong Road) – 1 classroom

East Providence:
• Martin Middle School (111 Brown Street) – 5 classrooms
• Oldham School (60 Bart Drive) – 2 classrooms
(Note: Applications for the Martin and Oldham sites are available at the East Providence Administration Offices, 145 Taunton Ave.)
• East Bay Community Action Program (70 Turner Ave.) – 1 classroom

Johnston:
• Graniteville School (6 Collins Avenue)
(Note: Applications for the Graniteville site are available at Graniteville School until June 17and at the Johnston Central Office, 10 Memorial Dr., throughout the application period.)

Newport:
• East Bay Community Action Program at the Pell Annex of the John F. Kennedy School (740 West Main Rd., Middletown – temporary location; program will be for Newport residents only) – 1 classroom
• East Bay Community Action Program Head Start (8 John Chafee Blvd.) – 2 classrooms

North Providence:
• Tri-Town Community Action Agency (2204 Mineral Spring Avenue) – 1 classroom

Pawtucket:
• Expansion- Pawtucket School Department, Fallon Memorial School (62 Lincoln Avenue) – 3 classrooms
(Note: Applications for the Fallon site are available at the Pawtucket Central Office, 286 Main St.)
• Ready to Learn Providence @ Heritage Park YMCA Early Learning Center (333 Roosevelt Ave.) – 2 classrooms
• Children’s Friend and Service (13 Legion Drive) – 1 classroom

Providence:
• Providence School Department, Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School (35 Camp Street) - 1 classroom
(Note: Applications for the Martin Luther King , Jr. site are available at the Providence Registration Center, 325 Ocean Street.)
• Ready to Learn Providence @ CCRI Liston Campus (1 Hilton St.) – 1 classroom
(Note: Applications for the CCRI site are available at 945 Westminster St., Providence)
• Beautiful Beginnings (700 Elmwood Ave.) – 2 classrooms
• Children’s Friend and Service (350 Point St.) – 2 classrooms
• Expansion- Children’s Friend and Service (99 Berkshire St.) – 2 classrooms
• Children’s Friend and Service (550 Hartford Avenue) – 1 classroom
• Imagine Preschool (520 Hope Street) – 3 classrooms
• The Mariposa Center (1 Corliss Park) – 1 classroom
• Meeting Street (1000 Eddy St.) – 2 classrooms
• Expansion- Smith Hill Early Childhood Learning Center (25 Danforth St.) – 5 classrooms

Warwick:
• CHILD, Inc. (160 Draper Ave.) – 2 classrooms

West Warwick:
• Academy for Little Children (10 James P Murphy Industrial Highway) – 1 classroom
• CHILD, Inc. (28 Payan St.) – 3 classrooms

Woonsocket:
• Connecting for Children and Families (46 Hope St.) – 2 classrooms
• Woonsocket Head Start Child Development Association (204 Warwick St.) – 4 classrooms
• YWCA Rhode Island (514 Blackstone Street), 1 Classroom

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