Parents may

still register their children for voluntary pre-Kindergarten classes at

their districted elementary schools through tomorrow, April 26.

Children districted

in Jefferson Parkway, Atkinson and Elm Street Elementary School districts

register at the Maggie Brown Pre-Kindergarten School, except on the morning

of April 26, when they will register and draw for enrollment at Jefferson

Parkway Elementary School.

Voluntary Pre-K

students from those three schools attend Pre-K at Maggie Brown.

Also, all Coweta

County Schools will register for 2003-2004 Kindergarten classes from 8

a.m. to noon tomorrow.

To register

for either program, parents or guardians must present a birth certificate

and must establish proof of residency through a power bill which shows

the parent's name and address. Other documents such as a water bill, phone

bill or mortgage cannot be accepted as proof of residency.

Registration

for Pre-Kindergarten classes will continue through the school day today.

Parents who cannot register during the day on those dates can also register

from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. tomorrow.

Because of

high demand and a limited number of class slots available, a lottery will

again be used to select students who will participate in Coweta County

School System's Pre-Kindergarten classes for the school year 2003-2004.

Registrants do not have to be present at the school when students' names

are drawn tomorrow.

Parents are

urged to call their district school to check on the most convenient registration

times during the period.

Coweta County

elementary schools are served by at least one pre-Kindergarten class with

the exception of Arbor Springs, Canongate, Eastside, Moreland, Newnan

Crossing, Moreland and Ruth Hill, which each have two classes.

Twenty names

will be drawn for each class. Twins or triplets will be registered and

drawn together unless it is for the twentieth slot. In this case, if no

other slot becomes available before school begins, the parent or guardian

must make a decision concerning the slot. The remaining names will be

drawn and placed on a waiting list in the order in which they are drawn.

The principal or designees in each school will draw the names in an open

meeting area and the assistant principal or designated person will record

the names and number the registration forms in the order in which they

are drawn. It is not necessary for parents to be present when names are

drawn. The pre-kindergarten teacher will notify them by mail and/or on

the phone. Children who register after the drawing tomorrow will be added

to the waiting list in the order in which they register.

Students in

the State Lottery Pre-Kindergarten must be four years of age on or before

Sept. 1. To attend the pre-Kindergarten program, a child must have a Social

Security card (or waiver); a birth certificate; hearing, vision, and dental

certificate; and an immunization certificate. Hearing, vision and dental

and the immunization certificate can be obtained at the Coweta County

Health Department or from your pediatrician. A birth certificate and proof

of residency through an electrical bill is required before the child can

enter the lottery.

The school

day for voluntary Pre-Kindergarten is from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and the

calendar days are the same as the regular school calendar.

Pre-kindergarten

students have access to the regular bus lines, breakfast, lunch, and the

After School Program. If further information is needed, call the Office

of Curriculum and Instruction at 770-254-2810.