Many private preschools began to use bilingual teaching.

This week private preschools will send out their coveted acceptance letters to anxious parents.

The neighborhood also has several private preschools and elementary schools.

This year, new state regulations cut off private preschools' access to a $8.6 billion school construction fund that was set up in 2000.

In America's patchwork of private, public and community preschools and day care centers, such teachers are the exception rather than the rule.

School districts meet the requirements in many ways, including paying tuition for disabled children to attend private preschools and providing services at home.

As school officials have discovered, conditions at private preschools vary widely.

There are several private preschools and elementary schools.

There are also several local private preschools, as well as free library programs for 2- to 5-year-olds.

Preschool education is mainly provided by private for-profit preschools, though some are run by the government or religious groups.