LEWISTON – Informational meetings for parents of pre-kindergarten students in the Longley, Farwell, Martel, McMahon, Montello and Pettingill school districts will be held tonight.

Beginning this fall, the Lewiston School Department will collaborate with Head Start and Child Development Services to provide half-day pre-kindergarten programs at Longley and Farwell schools. The program will run four days a week, Monday through Thursday.

The program at Longley will consist of two half-day sessions and will serve 24 students from the Longley School district. Ten of those students will be selected by Head Start. The remaining 14 will be determined by lottery.

The Longley informational meeting will take place at 2 p.m. in the school cafeteria.

Farwell will have four half-day sessions and will serve 48 students. Head Start and Child Development Services will each select eight students. The remaining students will be selected by lottery. Twelve students will be selected from the Farwell district, three from the Martel district, five from the McMahon district, nine from the Montello district and three from the Pettingill district. A lottery will be used to determine a waiting list at each school.

The Farwell informational meeting will be held at 6 p.m. in the basement of Holy Family Church.