Child Find

Are you concerned about your child’s development?

Petersburg City Public Schools regularly holds Child Find events to locate children who would benefit from special education services. Here are upcoming Child Find events, which are open to children from birth to age 21:

• October 10, 2025 (9 am – noon), Westview Early Childhood Education Center (1100 Patterson Ave.)
• February 12, 2026 (9 am – noon), Blandford Academy (816 East Bank Street)
• April (TBD), 2026 (9 am – 6 pm) – Event will occur during Kindergarten registration day as follows:
  • Cool Spring Elementary (1450 Talley Ave.)
  • Lakemont Elementary (51 Gibbons Ave.)
  • Pleasants Lane Elementary (100 Pleasants Lane)
  • Walnut Hill Elementary School (300 W. South Blvd.)
• May 21, 2026 (9 am – noon), Westview Early Childhood Education Center (1100 Patterson Ave.)

Child Find is open to all Petersburg children. This includes children in private schools and children who are homeschooled.

Petersburg parents who have concerns about their children’s vision, speech, hearing, learning, motor/physical development, behavior, ability to pay attention, understanding, or self-help are encouraged to bring them to Child Find. Child Find offers free professional consultation for parents, and screenings for children and helps to refer children for full evaluation for early intervention services or exceptional education services.

For more information, call Petersburg City Public Schools Central Office at 804-518-6249.