Three years after fighting to keep Daniel Webster elementary school open from SFUSD closures, PREFund successfully opened Potrero Kids at Daniel Webster Preschool (PKDW). The preschool is a critical component of PREFund’s two part plan to increase enrollment at Daniel Webster Elementary. Part one was accomplished by the opening of the Spanish Immersion program for the 08/09 elementary school year. Mission Neighborhood Centers, with over 40 years of early childhood programming experience, is the administrator of the PKDW Spanish bi-lingual program. After raising almost $500,000 to complete construction, PREFund opened the school on September 30 and services 36 students ages 2 years 9 months to kindergarten age. Twenty-five percent of the students are on scholarship. Read more about the program here.

Special thanks to the many businesses that made this community preschool a reality, especially Jackson Liles Architecture and AzulWorks Construction Company. In addition, the project would not have been a reality without significant funding support provided by Low Income Investment Fund, The San Francisco Foundation, and the Eastern Neighborhoods Public Benefit Fund. For a complete list of supporters, please click here.

The preschool currently has a waiting list, so please be sure to apply in advance.