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@Ken Archer,

I'm not trying to rebut the thesis of your article, just raising some of the questions that popped out at me. For example, in my daughter's school, when the number of in-boundary applicants exceeded the "capacity", they added another PK-4 class. If that's common practice, then it's perfectly natural that most schools are "at or above capacity". Something (say, a balloon) that expands as you fill it is always "at capacity".

What I'd like to see is some evidence that large numbers of kids are being denied reasonable placement in the PS/PK system: Not that they wanted to send their kid to Brent but were denied, and they subsequently turned down a placement at JO Wilson.

Again, I'm only going by my limited personal experience, and I'm willing to believe the city's handling of PS/PK could be better. Just saying there are a couple of holes here.

by oboe on Jun 11, 2012 5:43 pm • link • report

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