Additionally it has two pre-K programs for 3 and 4 year olds.

Georgia began earmarking lottery money for pre-K programs for all children in 1995.

Kimberly Flowers, 35, greeted her 4-year-old daughter with a hug and explained why she chose a pre-K program.

Before the takeover, the district had no pre-K program; now there are 25 pre-K classrooms.

Georgia and New York have begun pre-K programs with access for all 4-year-olds.

The School now has a sizable pre-K program as well.

Mrs. Coppola said she could fill her pre-K program three times over with older children.

Some 14,000 low-income students are already enrolled in pre-K programs.

It would remain as such until the school was further expanded in 2000 with the addition of the pre-K programs.

Within that context, parents can be anxious to secure a spot for their children at private K-12 schools, and even pre-K programs.