That’s the question that the City Schools of Decatur is asking parents of would-be Pre-K students next year, after Georgia Governor Nathan Deal released his plans for the HOPE scholarship – which currently funds all Georgia Pre-K programs – earlier this week.

With Deal’s plan likely to pass, CSD is already informing families that Pre-K would most likely be cut to a half-day without an additional payment of $3,055 from families.  Head Start will pay the additional costs for their 20 Pre-K spots, according to a note from a parent on a local message board who spoke with Assistant Superintendent Thomas van Soelen yesterday.  Additionally, the roughly $3,000 tuition will not cover after-2:30p Chex Mix/Animal Crackers childcare.  Those costs will remain incremental, according to the note.

As a result of this massive, likely change in funding, CSD has canceled the current Pre-K lottery for the coming school year.  The number of full-day and half-day spaces/classrooms won’t be determined until CSD can get an accurate measure of how many students are willing to pay the $3,055 for full-day care.

Parents have until March 7th to let CSD know of their intentions.  UPDATE: You can read the full letter sent out by Superintendent Edwards HERE.  (h/t: KMT)