Preschool Lottery Information
Preschool Lottery Registration will open on January 6, 2025.
PRESCHOOL LOTTERY PROCEDURE:
- Review our Preschool Requirements.
- Complete online application. If assistance or access to the online application is needed, please visit the Memorial Early Childhood Center between the hours of 10AM and 2PM between January 6th and February 12th. If you need a paper application, please call 508-946-2032 to request one.
- Online and paper Applications are due no later than 2:00PM on Wednesday, February 12, 2025.
- The lottery will be held on Thursday, February 13th at 11:00AM. All lottery entrants will be notified of their status during the week of February 17th.
- Please know that participation in the virtual March orientation meeting is mandatory for all selected in the lottery.
MANDATORY ORIENTATION MEETING:
Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at 6:30PM, virtually (link to be provided to selected families via email)
PRESCHOOL SCREENING DATES:
Screening appointment dates and times will be mailed to families upon selection from the lottery. Screenings are projected to occur at the end of March 2025.
ABOUT THE LOTTERY:
The open lottery drawing will be held on Thursday, February 13th at 11:00AM. At that time, thirty-two (32) names will be drawn for the Preschool program. An additional ten (10) names will be drawn as alternates for the Preschool program.
Any children not selected as part of the initial round of the lottery will be placed on the waiting list in the order in which the names are drawn. Any applications received after February 12, 2025, will then be placed on the waiting list behind the names of children who applied before the deadline.