VPK Choice Enrollment Open March 3-14

MANATEE COUNTY – Parents of children who will be four-years old on or before September 1, 2014, who would like for their child to attend free Voluntary Prekindergarten at one of Manatee County’s public schools for the 2014-2015 school year need to apply in person at the Manatee School District’s Parent Information Center during the VPK Priority Choice Open Enrollment Period, which runs from Monday, March 3 – Friday, March 14, 2014. 

VPK Priority Choice Applications can be obtained at district schools and at the Parent Information Center, which is is located at 234 Manatee Avenue East, in Bradenton.

It is important to note that parents will need to bring the following documents to the School District’s Parent Information Center along with the VPK Priority Choice Application: a certified birth certificate; and the VPK Certificate of Eligibility (COE) which must be obtained from the Early Learning Coalition of Manatee County, located at 600 8th Avenue West, in Palmetto. For questions regarding the COE, please contact the Early Learning Coalition at 757-2900.

Approval of VPK Priority Choice applications are subject to enrollment capacities and other demographic criteria. VPK placement is not first come, first served. For further information on any School Choice options available through the Manatee School District, please contact the Parent Information Center at 708-4971.