Free Preschool for the 2025-2026 School Year

David Douglas School District is offering free preschool at all nine elementary schools for the 2025-2026 school year. All families residing in David Douglas are encouraged to apply.

Space is limited. Registration is not first come, first served.

Eligibility and Important Information

Who Can Apply

• Families must reside in the David Douglas School District and live within the catchment area.
• Students who live outside the district are not eligible to apply.

If You Move Out of the District

• If a student is accepted but the family moves outside the district during the school year, the student may remain in preschool for the rest of the year.
• District transportation will no longer be available, and families will need to provide their own transportation.

Attendance Requirement

Students are expected to maintain 90% or higher attendance to continue participating in the preschool program.

All David Douglas Preschools are full day (9:00-3:30), five day a week district preschool classrooms operating on the elementary school calendar. Partial days or weeks are not available. 

Preschool Promise Sites – Earl Boyles and Mill Park

Earl Boyles Registration for the 2025-2026 school year has CLOSED due to all spots being filled.
Mill Park Registration for 2025-2026 has CLOSED due to all slots being filled.

Eligibility and Important Information

Who Can Apply

• Preschool Promise sites have income restrictions and are available to families living at or below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level.
• Priority is given to children who turn 4 years old before September 1, and whose home school is Earl Boyles or Mill Park.
• Please only apply to Earl Boyles or Mill Park if you reside in the Earl Boyles or Mill Park catchment area.

Follow the link below to look up your neighborhood school

1. Visit Portland Maps
2. Enter your home address
3. Click on the Schools section
4. The elementary, middle and high school your home address is assigned to will be listed

Preschool for All Sites (PFA) – Family Application is now re-opened for the 2025-26 school year.

Registration for the 2025-26 Preschool for All Sites (PFA) – Family Application – is now open again for those families who have not yet applied. 

• Transportation:
  Transportation is available only to students attending preschool at their neighborhood/home school (the same school they will attend for Kindergarten). To find your neighborhood school, use this link or call 503-256-6526.

Preschool for All Sites

• Cherry Park
• Gilbert Heights
• Gilbert Park
• Lincoln Park (Dual Language – Spanish)
• Menlo Park
• Ventura Park
• West Powellhurst

Child Development Center (CDC)

The Child Development Center is a tuition paying program located at our North Powellhurst campus (1400 SE 135th). This program serves children from birth through age 5 and is full day childcare, Monday-Friday, on the high school calendar. 

For more information about this program click here.

Double D Learning Lab

The Double D Learning Lab is a tuition paying program located on our David Douglas High School campus. This is a 3 hour a day, 4 day a week program for children ages 3-5. 

For more information about this program click here. 

Multnomah Early Childhood’s “Peer Program” is a program for children three to five years of age.

Multnomah Early Childhood’s “Peer Program” is a program for children three to five years of age. It is an integrated program for children with identified learning challenges and their peers.