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Catoosa County holds public pre-K lottery; two schools retain openings
Summary
Catoosa County conducted a public drawing to assign pre‑K seats. Director Gina Haynes said names were drawn from sealed ballots, twin/triplet placement rules were applied, most classes filled and Tiger Creek and Wood Station still had openings; remaining applicants were placed on wait lists and will be notified by phone and email.
Gina Haynes, director of elementary education for Catoosa County, opened a public pre‑K enrollment drawing, saying, “Good morning, and welcome to the Catoosa County pre k drawing. My name is Gina Haynes, and I'm the director of elementary education.”
Haynes described the selection process: “All the names have been put on ballots, from your applications, and we keep this well, we have it sealed. We'll take that off. And then I just spin the wheel and we pull the names.” She also noted the county’s twin and triplet rule: “This year, we have 1 set of triplets and 6 sets of twins,” and said that if a classroom has spots for all siblings they will be placed together; if not,…
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