The Northeastern Preschool is a Special Education Preschool Program. There are two classrooms located at Rolling Hills Elementary and one at Northeastern Elementary (SVES), each made up of 15 students (at full capacity-7 typical students and 8 students identified with disabilities) per classroom. The Ohio Department of Education sets these parameters and the District is not allowed to exceed unless there is specific permission from the Ohio Department of Education.
Ohio Revised Code (ORC) updated rule 3301-51-11, for the 2022-23 school year, NELSDs preschool programs will transition from an Integrated Preschool Program to a Special Education Preschool program, which means at least fifty-one percent of the students in the classroom must be identified with a disability.
How will this change impact my preschooler?
During the preschool enrollment period for the 2022-23 school year, typically developing peer slots will only be available if at least one less than the number of identified students within each classroom. Therefore, typically developing peers will only be selected based on the total number of identified students per classroom.
By law, the district has to provide service to all students identified with a disability throughout the school year (ages 3-5 years old). Each spring, the Northeastern Preschool selects a total of 14 typical peers per unit (at full capacity 7 for the a.m. and 7 for the p.m.) for the following year. The process for selection of typical students will be completed based on the following priority:
1) Returning Students:
Any student that is currently being served in the program and wishes to return the following year will have first priority and will be placed on the proceeding Official Preschool Roster before any other slots are filled.
2) Certified/Classified Staff: Per the negotiated agreement, staff members (certified or classified) who have a child (or children), that are 4-5 years old and prior to their entry year for KG will be placed on the Official Preschool Roster. A Preschool Prescreening Form must be filled out/received in order to be placed on the waitlist. The District will decide, based on the parent's home address, if the child will be in the A.M. or P.M. session.
3) Preschool Typical Waitlist: As of August 1, 2017, your child may be placed on a preschool waiting list if they will turn 3 at some point throughout the school year (First day of school until the last day of school). Students may only be placed on one typical waitlist for one specific school year. A Preschool Prescreening Form must be filled out/received in order to be placed on the waitlist. The District will decide, based on the parent's home address, if the child will be in the A.M. or P.M. session.
If your child was not selected for this current school year or you turned down an opening for your child, and you wish for your child to be placed on the following school year’s typical wait list, the parents/guardians will need to contact the teacher/board office and request that their child be placed on that specific list. The student will NOT automatically move over to the next list without a parents’ request.
**If you wish, the District will inform you of your child’s placement on the Preschool Typical Waitlist at anytime throughout the process. However, the number of students returning to preschool and the number of staff children added to the Official Preschool Roster could have an impact on how many students we can select from the Preschool Typical Waitlist*
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Mr. Steve Linson, Director of the Preschool Program at 937-325-7615.