A voter-approved sales tax helped build a stable, high-quality pre-K system with broad backing.

In fall 2025, Pre-K 4 SA opened its newest campus and welcomed 40 infants and toddlers learners as part of a new pilot program.

Pre-K 4 SA, a citywide movement focused on the future, gives kids and their families the joy of the farmers market experience.

The big picture: The “Gracias San Antonio: Children Are Citizens Project” aims to help kids express their opinions while participating in civic and cultural life in San Antonio.

Some San Antonio City Council members are pushing for an early renewal of Pre-K 4 SA, the city-funded early childhood education program.

One positive finding was how many different organizations currently exist to help struggling families, she said, pointing to Pre-K 4 SA, a city-funded early education organization that prepares kids ages 3 and 4 for school.

Some city and state programs are working to boost that improvement by expanding preschool opportunities for children from low-income families. The mission is even more urgent as parents juggle soaring child care costs and a widening affordability gap. San Antonio’s program, called Pre-K 4 SA, is a prime example.

By comparison, pre-K 4 SA, which began its enrollment Sunday for the 2026-27 school year, typically signs up 2,000 students directly at its four campuses spread across the city.

Kids must be 3 or 4 years old by Sept. 1 to apply.

And mark your calendar: Pre-K 4 SA will host open house events at each education center on Saturday, May 2, giving families the chance to meet teachers, explore classrooms and imagine their child’s first day of school.