Pre-K Enrollment & Registration

Pre-K Registration Information Videos

The videos linked below give information about Pre-K Registration.

Parents can receive in-person registration support in one of two ways (see flyers attached below for details):

  • Attend 1 of 2 Centralized Events on Saturday, April 5, 2025 or May 17, 2025.

  • Receive Daily Ongoing Support

    • When? Monday - Friday from April 1, 2025 through May 22, 2025

    • Where? Elementary Home Campus Office or the Hays CISD Academic Support Center

Department Staff

LaShun Gaines
Coordinator - Early Intervention
lashun.gaines@hayscisd.net
(512) 268-2141 x46038

Amy Gotchey
Secretary
amy.gotchey@hayscisd.net
(512) 268-2141 x45027

Alejandra Cedillo
Pre-K Clerk
alejandra.cedillo@hayscisd.net 
(512) 268-2141 x45159

Welcome Families!

Hays CISD is excited to offer a full day Pre-Kindergarten program for four-year olds! When children receive a quality early childhood education, they are better prepared to learn when they enter Kindergarten.

Pre-K is an outstanding way to help your child prepare for kindergarten. If your child lives in any Hays CISD elementary school attendance zone and meets the federal guidelines to qualify for Pre-K, you can enroll your child for free.

Why is Pre-Kindergarten important?

Pre-Kindergarten is an outstanding way to help your child prepare for Kindergarten. Activities build the foundation of academic, social, and emotional skills needed for school success. Students who attend Pre-Kindergarten are less likely to need to repeat a grade or receive intervention services, have higher graduation rates and even earn higher wages as adults!

  • Hays CISD will offer a Community Tuition Based Option for the 2025-2026 school year!

  • First come/First served

    • Spots will be granted based on 100% completion of online registration application and verified documents on or before June 18, 2025.

  • Your child must be 4 years old on or before September 1, 2025

  • Community Tuition Based Campuses: Buda ES, Carpenter Hill ES, Cullen ES, Elm Grove ES, Negley ES, Sunfield ES

  • Tuition Cost: Varies by school year. (pending annual approval from TEA)

  • Campus placement will begin after June 18th, providing enough time to notify your daycare before the first day of school within a 30-day period.

  • Parents must provide transportation to and from school (not eligible for Hays CISD bus transportation).

Please email prekregistration@hayscisd.net if you have any questions.  

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