School District of Indian River County
6500 57th St
Vero Beach , Florida 32960

Phone: 772-564-6091
Extension:
Toll Free Phone:
Fax: (772) 564-4167
TDD Phone:

Website: https://www.indianriverschools.org/page/voluntary-pre-kindergarten-vpk-program

Program Description

Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) is a FREE state program designed to prepare every child in Florida for kindergarten and build the foundation for their educational success. All age eligible children are entitled to participate. The VPK mission is to ensure that all children are intellectually, socially, emotionally and physically ready to enter school and are ready to learn, fully recognizing the crucial role of parents and caregivers as their child?s first teacher.

Services Available Through This Program

Education- Public School Information: PreK-12 , School Readiness- General

Hours of Operation

Eligibility Requirements and Important Information

Eligibility: 1. Child must be 4 on or before September 1 2. Family must reside within the home school zone of participating elementary school 3. Child must attend at home school Intake procedure: Families are enrolled on a first come, first served basis on an assigned enrollment date in the spring.

Availability and Fees

Current Wait List:	YES
Handicapped Access:	NO
Accepts Medicaid:	NO
Accepts Medicare:	NO
Accepts Private Insurance:	NO
Financial Assistance Available?:	NO
Sliding Scale:	NO

Other Fee Information

No fees charged.

Points of Interest

Languages: English, Spanish. | Areas Served: Indian River County Full day VPK (540 hours) is offered at Beachland Elementary, Dodgertown Elementary, Fellsmere Elementary, Glendale Elementary, Indian River Academy, Sebastian Elementary and Vero Beach Elementary. The VPK school day is from 8:45 am ? 2:45PM or 3:00pm depending on school sites and follows the same calendar as the SDIRC K-12 students. SDIRC VPK does not include transportation or before/after care. Your child must be 4 years old on or before September 1. Lottery Application process begins in early January.