The March 6 preschool registration date has been POSTPONED until details become available from Berrien county. Information will be posted here - check back often.
LAKESHORE PRESCHOOL CHANGES FOR 2012-2013 Lakeshore Preschool was established in 2001 with funding support from the State of Michigan Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) grant, an early childhood initiative. We were able to offer “scholarships” to students that met State qualifying factors, as well as a tuition option so that Lakeshore Preschool was available to our entire school community. Unfortunately, the guidelines for programming have now been changed by the State of Michigan. The Berrien County RESA (Regional Education Service Agency) will now oversee all county GSRP preschool programs. Thus, for the 2012-2013 school year, the RESA will only offer preschool options to students/families that meet some of the GSRP eligibility requirements which may include income, disability or delay, challenging behavior(s), primary home language other than English, family education history, and other environmental risks.
We want Lakeshore parents to be informed of this change so they can have every opportunity to secure quality preschool programming for their child. A tuition component will not be available. When the Berrien RESA application is available for GSRP preschool, we will publicize application dates and sites. At this time, we anticipate a Lakeshore site at Hollywood School. However, confirmation of preschool placement in the GSRP preschool program will not be made until August. As soon as more details are available, we will publicize them. It has been our privilege to serve our Lakeshore community preschoolers over the years. We will continue to advocate for early childhood options for all our families with our legislators and the Michigan Department of Education.
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