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Kindergarten

registration will be Saturday, April 29, from 8 a.m. to

noon at each elementary school.

Parents

must register their 5-year-olds at the schools in their

attendance zones. The children must be present for the

registration.

Kindergartners

must be 5 on or before Sept. 1, 2000, having a date of

birth between Sept. 2, 1995, and Sept. 1, 1996.

At the time

of registration, parents will need to bring the

following: the child's Social Security card; birth

certificate; hearing, vision, and dental certificate; and

an immunization certificate.

The

hearing, vision, and dental and the immunization

certificates can be obtained at the Coweta County Health

Department or from the child's pediatrician.

A birth

certificate is required before the child can enter the

first day of school.

"It is

extremely important that parents register their children

for kindergarten so that adequate preparations can be

made prior to the opening of school," said a school

system spokesman.

The first

day for kindergarten is from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Aug. 10.

Kindergarten students have access to the regular bus

lines, breakfast, lunch and the After School Program. For

information phone the Office of Curriculum and

Instruction at 770-254-2826.

For

information regarding school district lines, phone the

Office of Director of Operations at 770-254-2736.