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Rockville Centre expands UPK partnership with village, doubles seats to 72 and adds before/after care
Summary
The board approved as part of a consent agenda an expansion of the district’s Universal Pre-K (UPK) partnership with the Village of Rockville Centre, increasing capacity from 36 to 72 children and adding fee-based before-and-after care through the JCC.
The Rockville Centre Board of Education on April 10 approved a consent-agenda item to expand the district’s Universal Pre-K (UPK) partnership with the Village of Rockville Centre and the JCC.
Superintendent Michael Gavin told the board the district’s first year offering UPK in the village served 36 students in rented space at the recreation building and that the district is proposing to double that capacity to 72 for September. Gavin said the village and district will reconfigure space in the rec building to accommodate the additional classrooms and that the JCC will provide fee-based before- and after-care.
"We are proposing to double that size. We will have 72 the opportunity for 72 students...both sites will now offer before and after care," Gavin said. He added that parents who registered with the district for UPK should expect an email with lottery details the day after the board meeting.
Gavin said the district will run a lottery if applications exceed spots and that there are additional UPK spaces at the Oceanside JCC for families who do not get a spot at the village location. He also thanked village officials and named staff who worked on the agreement.
The UPK expansion was included in the consent agenda (items O1 through Q10) the board approved by voice vote. The record shows the consent items were moved, seconded and carried; no roll-call tally was recorded in the public meeting minutes.
Parents interested in UPK were told they could expect lottery emails and that the district would answer questions via the district office; the superintendent and Assistant Dalton were listed as contacts in the discussion.
