Preschool Enrollment
2024-2025 Preschool Enrollment
Thank you for your interest in the Vandalia-Butler Preschool program. Registration is currently full for the 2024-2025 school year; however, please call 937-415-6401 to have your child added to a waitlist.APRIL 3, 2024
8:00am
Parents/guardians should enroll ONLINE beginning @ 8:00 am on April 3, 2024. The enrollment link will become active at 8am on enrollment day. Priority will be given to students 4+, and all remaining spots will go to students 3+ in order of time stamp.
Please note, all preschool classes will be located at Helke Elementary next school year.
INSTRUCTIONS TO REQUEST PRESCHOOL ENROLLMENT
- ONLINE enrollment will open at 8:00am on the date specified above (not sooner).
- In order to begin online enrollment, parents enrolling a child will need to create an account. As soon as the enrollment link is live, clicking on the link will prompt you to create a new account.
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Complete the Preschool enrollment process ONLINE in full and be sure to press "SUBMIT". The enrollment submission timestamp is what will mark the order of enrollment requests.
- Within 2 business days of completing online enrollment, you will receive a phone call to either:
- Offer your child a spot in the program and inform you of the next steps to complete registration.
- Offer your child a spot on the "Waiting List".
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING REGISTRATION
- Vandalia-Butler City Schools is a "closed district" meaning that families must be able to provide proof of residency** in order to enroll in Vandalia-Butler's Preschool Program.
- Online enrollment entries are time stamped once "Submit" is pressed and positions in the program will be granted in the order received.
- Any online entries received BEFORE 8:00am on the dates specified will be invalid/disregarded.
- Completing online registrations does NOT guarantee your child a spot in the program.
- Phone calls/voicemails will no longer be considered for enrollment, as the process has moved ONLINE.
- If you are not available within 24 hours after receiving a return phone call, your spot in the program/on the waiting list may be offered to the next family in line.
- Once the program is full, the remaining student enrollment requests will be offered a spot on the waiting list in the order of the online entries received. The waiting list will remain active until November 1, 2022.
- A finalized list of students who were offered spots in the Preschool Program will be provided to the VBCSD Enrollment Office for the purpose of registration permission.
- Only students on this list will be permitted to complete the final steps necessary to register for preschool for the 2024-2025 school year.
- Students on the "Waiting List" will not be permitted to complete the final steps of registration at this time.
- *IF* your child is offered a spot in the program for the 2024-2025 school year:
- You will receive a second phone call from the Central Office Enrollment Secretary to schedule an appointment to finalize enrollment.
- Compile the following items to bring to your appointment:
- Original certified birth certificate
- Proof of Residence (see below) **
- Copy of parent/guardian ID or driver’s license
- Immunization records
- Court-stamped custody documents (if applicable)
- IEP / ETR / 504 Plan / Gifted documents (if applicable)
**Proof of Residency Documents:
- Own your home? Current property tax statement or bank escrow papers listing parent/guardian name and address. Property tax statements are available for download at Montgomery County Auditor: mcrealestate.org
- Rent your home? Current lease or rental agreement (with landlord name, address, contact #, and expiration date)
- Temporarily sharing a home? An Affidavit of Shared Residency must be completed. Additional documentation is required from the homeowner. A form is located on the Online Registration program.