Universal Prekindergarten Program

UPK Lottery Live Stream

Lynbrook Public Schools will hold its UPK lottery at 10:00 AM on Thursday April 24, 2025. Families who have applied for inclusion in the lottery are invited to view the live streamed drawing. The link will be made available in April.

Registration for Lynbrook School District UPK program lottery 2025-2026

The Lynbrook Union Free School District will continue to offer the Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program (UPK) for the 2025-2026 school year. We anticipate receiving funding to offer approximately 156 eligible students full-day prekindergarten for the 2025-2026 school year based on information contained in the proposed Executive Budget. The number of eligible students is contingent upon passage of the official New York State budget and the corresponding per pupil allocations.

The universal prekindergarten program is open to children residing in the school district who turn 4-years-old on or before December 1, 2025. Eligible students must be born between December 2, 2020, and December 1, 2021.

This state-funded program follows 180-day school calendar and runs five days a week from Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. beginning September 4, 2025. It provides educationally based, high-quality pre-kindergarten to 4-year-old children. Transportation will not be provided by the district.

The Barry and Florence Friedberg Jewish Community Center (JCC) and Tiny Tykes Early Learning Center will be operating the UPK programs for Lynbrook. Both sites will offer a full-day universal prekindergarten program that can provide the nurturing educational experiences needed to prepare our youngest students for success in subsequent schooling. The JCC will operate the program at the Early Childhood Center at 1 Saperstein Plaza in Lynbrook, New York. Tiny Tykes will operate the program at 49 Blake Avenue, Lynbrook, New York.

The district will conduct a virtual lottery on Monday, April 24, 2025, at 10 a.m. Access to the online lottery application can be found on the district’s website at www.lynbrookschools.org Parents/Students-> Universal Prekindergarten. All applications will only be accepted electronically. Proof of your child’s birth and residency documents will need to be uploaded during this application process. The deadline to apply for the lottery is April 11, 2025, at 3:00 p.m.

Click here to access the UPK Lottery Application, March 13, 2025 – April 11, 2025 (3 PM).