Full-Day Universal Pre-K FAQs
Universal Pre-K FAQs
There will be two locations for the Lakeland UPK program 2024-2025:
- Lincoln-Titus Elementary School, 10 Lincoln Ave. Crompond, NY 10517, (914)-528-2519; and
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, 3636 Gomer Street, Yorktown Heights, NY 10588, (914)-245-4802
No, the current model of half-day UPK will no longer be offered beginning with the 2024-25 school year.
No. Families/guardians are responsible for transporting their child to/from school.
There are 80 seats available in the Lakeland UPK program; 40 students at Lincoln-Titus and 40 at Thomas Jefferson. Each school will have two full-day UPK classes.
Students will be selected through a randomized lottery for placement in one of the school buildings that house the full-day Lakeland UPK program.
The lottery will be drawn on March 15, 2024
Students must be current residents of the district and turn 4 on or before December 1, 2024 and be registered by March 1, 2024.
Students must have a fully completed Lakeland Central School District registration by March 1, 2024 11:59 p.m. Registration information is available on the LCSD Website and via paper copies if needed through your home elementary school building. Registration OPENS on February 1, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. and CLOSES March 1, 2024 11:59 p.m
Families will be notified via both mail and email following the lottery.
Students drawn from the lottery will be placed in the program aligned with their home high school (LHS or WPHS) based on address. Should one program fill before the other, all subsequent students selected by lottery will be placed in the open seats regardless of address.
If there are more applicants than spots available in the Lakeland UPK program, a wait list will be maintained. All students registered after March 1, 2024 will be placed on the wait list in the order of registration.
The program will begin at 9:00 AM and end at 2:00 PM.
There is no cost for the UPK program.
For parents who wish to access before and aftercare services, there will be a fee-based program through our partner from 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM and 2:00 PM to 6:30 PM.
The District will be partnering with the YMCA of Central and Northern Westchester. The UPK program will be staffed by YMCA teachers and teaching assistants, and will overseen by YMCA and Lakeland CSD administration. The YMCA has successfully partnered with several local districts to run similar programs and is excited to begin working with Lakeland and our families.
Providers for students who receive services through CPSE which are recommended to be delivered in their preschool program will be permitted to deliver services at the UPK program. Providers will work directly with the program staff to make arrangements.