Worthington School District offers an optional,
fee-based All-Day Kindergarten (ADK) Program for parent(s)/guardian(s).
ADK tuition for the 2019-2020 school year is $330 per month, and the
first month is due when you sign up for ADK. Space is limited. If
there are more available seats than ADK applicants at a given elementary school,
then a lottery will not be necessary. If there are more ADK applicants
than available seats at a given elementary school, then a lottery will be
necessary.
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STOP.....if your child is not officially
enrolled in the Worthington School District.
Go to www.worthington.k12.oh.us
1) Complete and submit
the online registration.
2)
Schedule enrollment appointment at the Welcome Center (an e-mail will be
sent to you with a link to "Ventus" Scheduler).
These steps must be
completed before registering your child for the ADK Program/Lottery.
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Important Dates:
November
1, 2018 (Thursday) -
Enrollment for Kindergarten 2019-2020 opens. (both 1/2 day &
ADK)
February
22, 2019 (Friday) - Final
day to enroll at the Welcome Center for the ADK Lottery. Final day to sign
up and pay first month’s tuition for the ADK Lottery.
March
1, 2019 (Friday); Posted at 4:00 PM - Go to: www.worthington.k12.oh.us to view the time of the
ADK Lottery for your home school. (If a lottery is not needed at your
home school, that information will also be posted.)
March
7, 2019 (Thursday) - ADK
Lottery
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Free and Reduced Information:
If you believe your
child may qualify for free and reduced tuition under the Federal Lunch Program,
a Worthington Schools Free and Reduced School Meals Application, 2018-2019,
must be completed and submitted to:
Jenny
Dawes, Welcome Ctr.
Worthington Education Center
200 E. Wilson Bridge Rd.
Worthington, OH 43085
or
e-mail
to: jdawes@wscloud.org
Complete the Free and
Reduced paper application only. Online applications will
not be accepted.
Complete the Free and
Reduced paper application prior to registering
for the ADK Program/Lottery.
Sutter
Park Preschool Families: You must complete and submit another paper
application even if your child has a free and reduced status for the current
year. Please list the elementary school your child will attend for
Kindergarten.
After your application
is processed, a determination of Free/Reduced/Denied will be e-mailed to you.
If your child
qualifies for FREE status, please enter the discount code
e-mailed to you on the last payment screen of this website, and tuition will be
waived.
If your child qualifies
for REDUCED status, tuition is $165. Enter the discount
code e-mailed to you on the last payment screen on this website.
Please note that the
"Free and Reduced School Meals Application" will be updated over
the summer. You will need to submit a new application when
classes begin in August.
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To sign up for the
ADK Lottery/Program:
Click the gold horizontal bar on the upper right side of this screen titled "SIGN UP HERE for All-Day Kindergarten" and follow the prompts.
Post Lottery Wait
List/Refund Information:
Accept Half-Day Kindergarten
slot. Removed from wait list. Immediate
refund.
Remain on wait
list. No refund. Waitlist
refunds will be processed at the end of the first week of school.
Open enroll to another
Worthington Elementary School. No
refund. Open enrollment applications are processed June-July.
Transportation not provided.
Refunds will be
processed after the ADK Lottery on March 7 if:
Your child enrolls in
a private Kindergarten (withdraws from the ADK Program).
Your family moves out
of the Worthington School District (withdraws from the ADK Program).
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Note:
All payments must be
entered on the ADK registration website.
Cash payments
will not be accepted.
Mailed payments will not be
accepted.
All-Day Kindergarten
applicants who enroll between 11/1/2018-2/22/2019 are in the same selection
pool.
Please call Jenny
Dawes at 614-450-6114 with remaining questions.