Early Learning Community

Update for ABSS Exceptional Children Preschool Disabilities: New location! Effective July 1, 2024, the main office for ABSS Exceptional Children Preschool Disabilities services will be located at Ray Street Academy 609 Ray St, Graham, NC 27253. The offices previously located at 1211 S. Main St. Burlington, NC 27215 will no longer be affiliated with these ABSS services. If you need to contact the ABSS Exceptional Children Preschool Disabilities services office, please call 336-570-6188 Ext: 20501 or 20502. In addition you may contact the ABSS Exceptional Children Department main office at 336-438-4000 ext 20079 for more information.

The Early Learning Community serves over 200 PreK students within Alamance County. Our programs include NC Pre-K and Title I classrooms as well as classroom placements and itinerant services for students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) in the Alamance-Burlington community. For more information please email: abss_prek@abss.k12.nc.us

All children must participate in a screening to determine qualification. Application does not guarantee acceptance.

To apply for an Alamance-Burlington Schools PreK site, please click the: Alamance-Burlington Schools PreK Application.

North Carolina Pre-K

The NC Pre-K Program is designed to provide high-quality educational experiences to enhance school readiness for eligible four-year-old children. The NC Pre-K Program Requirements are built on the National Education Goals Panel’s premise that to be successful academically in school, children need to be prepared in all five of the developmental domains that are critical to children’s overall well-being and success in reading and math as they enter school: