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Pre-K 4 SA and JBSA: Partnering to Serve Our Service Members

By partnering with Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA), Pre-K 4 SA is working to ensure service members get the child care support they need and their children get the best possible start in life.

Our 2025 Fiesta medal represents this commitment and celebrates the many contributions military families make to our communities.

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Priority Enrollment

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Military-affiliated families living in San Antonio receive priority enrollment and attend Pre-K 4 SA for free.

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Expanded Child Care Options

We’re providing resources and training to help expand access to affordable, high-quality options, including Military Child Care in Your Neighborhood (MCCYN-PLUS) providers.

inside a Pre-K 4 SA classroom
staff and students celebrate at Morgan's Wonderland for the 2023 Family Reunion.
A Pre-K 4 SA staff member, parent, and two children greet each other at the door and smile.
staff and students celebrate at Morgan's Wonderland for the 2023 Family Reunion.

Shared Expertise

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Pre-K 4 SA and JBSA are sharing best practices and training opportunities to attract, develop, and retain top talent in the field of early childhood education

Support for Military Transitions

JBSA will connect transitioning military members and their families with resources, including Pre-K 4 SA, that help them navigate this important life change.

Military Family Dropping off their Child at Pre-K
September 6, 2024

Pre-K 4 SA, Joint Base San Antonio Partner to Expand Military Families’ Child Care Access

Expanding access to high-quality early education for San Antonio’s children and families is at the core of Pre-K 4 SA’s mission. In order to meet this community’s unique needs, Pre-K 4 SA has made ending the military child care crisis in San Antonio a priority.
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“Pre-K 4 SA is honored to serve our military families by ensuring they have access to the nurturing environment and opportunities they deserve, so they can focus on mission readiness when they are called to serve our country.”
Dr. Sarah Baray
Dr. Sarah BarayCEO, Pre-K 4 SA

Pre-K 4 SA Promises

Number One

Improve the workforce

Number Two

Help secure our economy

Number Three

Create opportunities for citizens

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Improve economic mobility

Number Five

Strengthen family and civic engagement

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IN THE NEWS

Pre-K 4 SA, JBSA Partnership Celebrated at the Great Texas Freedom Fest

On April 12, over 14,000 people across San Antonio and South Texas visited Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA)-Fort Sam Houston for the Great Texas Freedom Fest. The free event gave the public a chance to explore and learn about JBSA while enjoying an afternoon of family activities, military displays, and demonstrations.

All military branches were represented, along with the local fire, police, and sheriff’s departments. Visitors could see a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and M1 Abrams tank up close, climb inside an A-4 Skyhawk cockpit, and explore several models of tactical and emergency response vehicles.

Members of the Bexar County Buffalo soldiers post the U.S. national colors at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Open House ceremony on Fort Sam Houston, Texas, April 22, 2023. The JBSA-FSH Open House is an official event that hosts a day for the base to be open to the greater San Antonio community to “meet the military.” The JBSA-FSH Open House included military static displays, demonstrations, live music and concerts, and more.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tristin English

The festival’s theme, “United in Service,” celebrated the power of collaboration between military branches, the City of San Antonio, civilian partners, and the San Antonio community. We at Pre-K 4 SA are proud to take part in this collaboration, formally partnering with JBSA to support San Antonio’s military families.

Military families face a range of unique circumstances—from long days and irregular hours to changes of station, deployments, separation, and countless other scenarios—that can make it a challenge to find reliable child care.

As a public early education leader in a city with a strong military presence, Pre-K 4 SA has a duty to use our resources to help address military families’ child care needs. That’s why children of military families attend Pre-K 4 SA free and receive priority enrollment.

Pre-K 4 SA has worked closely with JBSA for years to better serve military families. As our formal partnership strengthens, we can reach an unprecedented level of collaboration between San Antonio’s military and child care communities to ensure our military families are getting the best care possible.

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New JBSA and Pre-K 4 SA partnership aimed at expanding childcare availability to military families

Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) and Pre-K 4 SA have partnered in an effort to expand child care options for military families.
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Joint Base San Antonio, Pre-K 4 SA create partnership to support military families with child care

A new partnership between Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) and Pre-K 4 SA will help connect military families to child care options on and off base while offering additional community resources, according to a press release.
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Upcoming Events

Exhibit Opening Reception

Thursday, April 17, 2025 | 5 – 7 PM

Central Library | 600 Soledad St

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