Preschool Age Child Care (PACC)

Preschool Age Child Care Program (PACC) is a extended day care option for enrolled RPS Preschool students. PACC provides a variety or developmentally-appropriate activities which will help your child practice new skills learned during their preschool day.

2025-2026 school year contract is currently at capacity

Please contact the SACC/PACC office to be placed on a waitlist 507-328-4045

2026-2027 school year contract registration is open

Contracts do not carry over from season to season or year to year. All families, including waitlisted families, must register annually for any future care. Registrations are reviewed in the order they are received in our online system and can take up to ten business days to process. Accounts that have an overdue balance will not be processed.

How do I register?

  • Register for RPS Preschool 

  • Login to your child care account at rochester.ce.eleyo.com 

  • Choose PACC from this page

  • Choose Enroll Now and fill out the application

  • Approval may take up to 10 business days

Enrollment Requirements:

  • All registration for PACC is done through a Community Education account.

  • There is a registration fee of $100 per family per year.

  • PACC children must be registered for RPS Preschool at Hoover Early Learning Center or Mighty Oaks Early Learning Center.

  • Children must be 3 years of age to attend PACC

  • PACC care costs $45 a day from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

  • Drop-in care for PACC is $52 a day from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Our Locations

2026-2027 PACC will be available at:

  • Hoover Early Learning Center 369 Elton Hills Dr. NW, Rochester, MN 55901. Enrolled families enter Front Door #1, PACC room is 105.

  • Mighty Oaks Early Learning Center 1900 Pinewood Rd SE, Rochester MN 55904

Contracts Include:

  • Choose your own schedule required 1 day/contract

  • Drop-in days (Under 7 day notice) account owners can call site or SACC office to request

Scheduling and Drop-in Care

Once your contract has been approved. You can log into your PACC account and click on the contract.   PACC is a pick your own schedule, online child care account.  Parents are responsible to schedule PACC for their child. 

  • Parents can change their schedules as often as needed

  • All  schedule changes must be made (7) days in advance

  • PACC contracts require a scheduled (1) day minimum

Drop-in is available with PACC contracts.

  • Drop-in is a less than 7 day notice

  • There is an extra $7 charge for Drop-in 

  • Drop-in does not count as the scheduled (1) day minimum on your PACC contract   

Hoover building

Our Staff

The PACC Program is staffed with caring people who have experience in various fields. Background checks, first aid, CPR training, and continued staff development through workshops and training are required of all staff. 

Our PACC classrooms maintain a one-teacher-to-10-student ratio.

ratio 1:10

Meals and Snacks

Families will need to set up a lunch account through paypams to purchase breakfast and/or lunch. 

  • Morning snack is provided

  • Hot lunch is available

  •  Afternoon snack is provided

  • Students may also bring their own breakfast and/or lunch from home 

  • If your child has special dietary needs please contact

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