{"id":61609,"date":"2025-02-05T00:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T05:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=61609"},"modified":"2025-02-05T00:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T05:16:07","slug":"batavia-city-school-district-2025-26-universal-pre-kindergarten-and-kindergarten-registration-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/batavia-city-school-district-2025-26-universal-pre-kindergarten-and-kindergarten-registration-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/City School District 2025-26 Universal Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten registration now open\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The deadline for UPK applications is May 1, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BATAVIA, NY<\/strong>\u2014The Batavia City School District is now accepting registration applications for universal pre-kindergarten (UPK) and kindergarten programs for the 2025-26 school year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BCSD will offer five full-day UPK programs and two half-day programs for the upcoming school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BCSD\u2019s UPK program is located at Robert Morris (80 Union St.) and at one community-based organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The BCSD kindergarten program is located at Jackson Primary (411 S. Jackson St.).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UPK students must be four years old on or before December 1, 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kindergarten students must be five years old on or before December 1, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, including how to register online, visit&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbataviacsd.org%2Fregistration&amp;data=05%7C02%7C%7Ce17aca07e0104f3ab63208dd4458f04e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638741870958574338%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=uK2lJUhTR75lB4yxcC7m4%2BYx6YOLbE%2BaEKbDUXsi85U%3D&amp;reserved=0\">bataviacsd.org\/registration<\/a>. You can also pick up and return your registration packet at:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>BCSD<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Registration Office:&nbsp;<\/strong>260 State Street, Batavia, NY 14020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hours of Operation:&nbsp;<\/strong>Monday through Friday, 8 am-12 pm and 1 pm-4 pm (excluding school holidays)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:registration@bataviacsd.org\">registration@bataviacsd.org<\/a>&nbsp;or 585-343-2480 ext. 1010<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The deadline to receive UPK applications for the 2025-26 school year is Thursday, May 1, 2025. There is no deadline to receive kindergarten applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deadline for UPK applications is May 1, 2025 Press release BATAVIA, NY\u2014The Batavia City School District is now accepting registration applications for universal pre-kindergarten (UPK) and kindergarten programs for the 2025-26 school year.&nbsp; BCSD will offer five full-day UPK programs and two half-day programs for the upcoming school year. \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/batavia-city-school-district-2025-26-universal-pre-kindergarten-and-kindergarten-registration-now-open\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[2801,4891,4890],"class_list":["post-61609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","tag-batavia-city-schools","tag-kindergarten-registration","tag-pre-kindergarten"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-g1H","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39814,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/02\/06\/batavia-city-school-district-2023-24-universal-pre-kindergarten-and-kindergarten-registration-now-open\/","url_meta":{"origin":61609,"position":0},"title":"BATAVIA\/City School District\u00a02023-24 Universal Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Registration now open","author":"aka","date":"February 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The deadline for applications is May 1, 2023 Press release BATAVIA, NY\u2014The Batavia City School District is now accepting registration applications for universal pre-kindergarten (UPK) and kindergarten programs for the 2023-24 school year.\u00a0 BCSD will be offering five full-day UPK programs and two half-day programs for the upcoming school year.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Batavia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Batavia","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/gennesse-county\/batavia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Batavia-City-Schools.png?fit=791%2C791&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Batavia-City-Schools.png?fit=791%2C791&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Batavia-City-Schools.png?fit=791%2C791&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Batavia-City-Schools.png?fit=791%2C791&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":35642,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/08\/29\/batavia-city-school-district-special-meeting-agenda-for-monday-evening\/","url_meta":{"origin":61609,"position":1},"title":"BATAVIA\/City School District Special Meeting Agenda for Monday evening","author":"aka","date":"August 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Batavia City School DistrictSpecial MeetingMonday, August 29, 2022, at 6:00 PMSuperintendent\u2019s Conference RoomBatavia High School260 State StreetBatavia, NY 14020Meeting will be live streamed Link to livestream access below: (11) Batavia City School District - YouTube TENTATIVE AGENDA as of Thursday, August 25, 2022 I. 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