The North Colonie Central School District ("the District") is seeking proposals from qualified agencies to administer the District's Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program ("UPK"). The District does not currently operate a UPK Program but has received an allocation from the State of New York for the 2025-2026 school year. The District is seeking an Agency to provide the site and run the program. The children participating in the UPK Program shall be 4 years old and residents of the District. There are currently 292 spots available; meet the following goals and objectives of the North Colonie Central School District's Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program Plan: a. Children will strengthen their cognitive skills. b. Children will increase their early literacy skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening and information processing). c. Children will increase their creative and artistic abilities. d. Children will improve their, inter and intra personal skills, increase their feelings of self- worth, and become independent at a developmentally appropriate level. e. Children will increase their appreciation of diversity and improve their understanding of their own heritage and its relationship to their self-image and interactions with others.
