Heads-up, pre-K families: The Department of Education announced today that it will email or snail-mail placement results to city parents late this week. Although they're not saying precisely when communications will go out, "the end of this week" sounds pretty committal. Families who applied online will receive word by email and letter; others will receive word just by USPS.

If you choose to accept an offer, you'll need to register between Tuesday, May 26 and Monday, June 8 at the school your child will attend. Families whose children would have gone to pre-K at PS 3 or PS 41, we're asking where you'll register (the schools or the new program site) and will report details. For all families, we'd suggest calling the specific school to confirm their registration hours, to minimize time away from work (and frustration).

Failure to register means giving up the offer of a pre-K seat for your child.

Questions, concerns, and comments on the pre-K process are invited by the DOE at ES_Enrollment@schools.nyc.gov. If you write in, please let us know whether and when there's a response to your email; last year, communications shortfalls plagued the process, which we hope, for everyone's sake, will not be the case this year.