Best Special Needs Schools in Oswego, New York (2026)

Little Lukes Preschool and Childcare Center on Burkle Street in Oswego is one of six Little Lukes centers in Central New York, and it serves children ages 3 to 5 only, with no infant or toddler rooms. Full-time care runs 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at $277 per week, and a part-time option from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. costs $140 per week. We accept county child care subsidies and partner with Universal Pre-Kindergarten. Our classrooms are inclusive. Each room has a lead preschool teacher, a special education teacher and three teaching assistants, and children with IEPs learn beside typically developing classmates. Through our partnership with Milestones Children's Center, speech-language pathologists, occupational and physical therapists, and school psychologists work in the classroom and in separate therapy gyms and rooms. Special education placement is arranged through the local Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE). Teachers hold bachelor's degrees and New York State early childhood certification and use Learning Without Tears and Conscious Discipline. Tuition includes breakfast, lunch and a snack planned under the state CACFP program, a fingerprint-entry triple door, and the ProCare parent app.

• Inclusive preschool and childcare center
• Developmental delays
• Inclusion classrooms
• Special education preschool