Posts tagged as “Universal Pre-K”

-Elliot Jackson. Originally published on 4/13/23 The Custer County School held its preschool registration for next school year on March 31, where school staff enrolled students for the three-year-old and four-year- old classrooms, as well as slots in the infant and toddler rooms of the brand-new onsite early childcare and learning center. “We had lots of new families registering for both [afternoon and morning] classes,” reported Custer County Kids Council (CCKC) Chair Stacy Terrill. “Universal Pre-K is a new process across the state, so we were checking online eligibility for the programs. For four- year-olds it’s free for 15 hours, for three- year-olds it’s free if they have one qualifying factor, such as homelessness, or kinship care or foster care. For four-year-olds with one of…