Acton-Boxborough Community Education

Pre-registration is the process of requesting care for your child. Families must complete the pre-registration form if they wish to be considered for a spot.  

2025-26 Extended Day Registration Request Form to submit your registration request for the upcoming school year.

We enroll on a first come, first served basis. If there is more demand for care than spaces available,  families will be notified of their waitlisted status, and we will enroll on a rolling basis as space/staffing allows.

If you are submitting your request mid-school year, we will endeavor to respond via email within three days regarding the ability to accommodate your request.

While we wish we were able to accommodate all families who need care, there may be times that waitlists are established. You will be notified if you are waitlisted. As a policy, we do not share waitlist positions or information regarding the likelihood of acceptance.

Your family's non-refundable registration fee ($30 per child/$50 per family (for 2024-25), increasing to $35 per child/$60 per family for 2025-26) as well as your non-refundable June payment will be due upon acceptance to the program.

Please re-submit the pre-registration form so we have a record of your new request. Requests will be processed in the order in which they are received.

In order to prepare for the new school year, any schedule changes for the start of the school year must be requested by August 10th via the online schedule change form .  Any requests received from August 11th-September 10th will be made effective October 1st. 

Our schedule change policy requires that requests are submitted using the online schedule change form, and must be submitted by the 10th of the month if you wish to add or reduce days to your child's schedule effective the following month. For example, if you wish to change your child's schedule on November 1st, you must complete the form by October 10th at the latest.
 

Please note, we charge a $20 fee for repeated schedule changes. A family's first change is free but any subsequent changes will incur a fee.
 

The date of form submission will be regarded as the date of request, and you will receive a copy of your request form from Google Forms after submission.

Written notice is required if you plan to entirely leave or withdraw your child from the program. Please complete our online schedule change form by the 10th of the month preceding the change. For example, if you want to cancel your child's enrollment effective February 1, you must complete the form by January 10.  Your non-refundable June payment will be retained, and you will remain responsible for any charges on your account.

Please wait to register for Extended Day until your child(ren)'s school has been assigned. Incorrect requests impact both your child's registration as well as that of others. If you submit a request BEFORE your child's school has been assigned, your request will be canceled and you will be asked to re-submit after assignment.

Please register at the school your child was assigned. If you get off the waitlist for your desired school, please let us know ASAP and we will do our best to accommodate the change. However, we cannot guarantee that space will be available at your new location.

All registration requests processed before school begins will be effective for the start of the school year, even if children will not attend those first few days. We cannot hold spaces for future enrollments, and cannot comment on future space availability. Our pre-registration form remains open throughout the school year and if space is available at your child's site, we enroll students to start as late as June 1!

No, parents are responsible for bringing their child to and/or picking up their child from the program.
 

Limited financial assistance is available to families who qualify.  Applications and instructions on how to share your family's free or reduced lunch status with Community Education are available Published Extended Day Financial Assistance Application.  Please contact us at extendedday@abschools.org with any questions about the application process. 

No, we do not accept state-issued childcare vouchers.

Yes, and most are conveniently listed in our 2024-25 Family Handbook.