This article features Davenport Community Schools, Iowa's third largest school district that has partnered with its community to improve kindergarten readiness. The district created the Children's Village model to provide preschool classes taught by certified early childhood instructors and serve children from six weeks to five years of age in all-day, year-round programming. Since launching Children's Village in 1998, the district has five Children's Village sites; three are housed in elementary schools and two are in stand-alone buildings. These geographically dispersed sites give families opportunities to place their children in their neighborhood school or in a location close to work. Because of its structured yet collaborative approach to early childhood education, the district has realized many beneficial changes. Most notably, when a Children's Village student arrives for the first day of kindergarten, the teacher can now say, "This child is ready to learn."