Arlington School & Family Magazine November/December 2015 | Page 8

District Programs

Arlington ISD Expands Prekindergarten/
Day Care Partnership
The Arlington ISD is expanding its community partnership
effort to reach children in full-time child care by adding 14
new prekindergarten classes to seven local day care centers.
Highly qualified and fully certified AISD teachers will be
onsite at these locations, just as they are at the 15 existing
sites throughout Arlington, to teach the same three-hour
day and curriculum as what is provided at AISD campuses.
Prekindergarten is designed as an early learning program
to prepare children for kindergarten who are identified as
being at risk.
Prekindergarten is free for those who qualify based on
income, language or homelessness, children of active
military personnel or those injured or killed in action,
and those who are or have been in conservatorship of the
Department of Family and Protective Services. If a child
does not qualify under those conditions, a tuition-based
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program is available for all children. CCMS is accepted at
most childcare locations.
The following child care locations are new to this
partnership: Ameen Montessori, Bambino Palace
Montessori, Bizzy Kids, Horizon Learning Center,
Lilian’s Learning Center, Salvation Army YET Center
and Upbringing in a Better Way.
For more information about the district’s prekindergarten
program, including a list of all participating day care
centers, visit www.aisd.net/prek †