CommuniKids Preschool in Tenleytown offering FREE Pre-K 3 and Pre-K 4 for DC Residents!

[Anonymous]

CommuniKids Preschool in Tenleytown is offering FREE Pre-K 3 and Pre-K 4 in Ward 3!

As part of the District’s Office of the State Superintendent of Education’s (OSSE) Pre-K Enhancement and Expansion Funding Program, CommuniKids Preschool is now offering FREE Pre-K 3 and Pre-K 4 spots at its DC-Tenleytown Center. CommuniKids is an NAEYC-accredited, Spanish immersion preschool serving children from 2 ½ to 5 years of age.

Who can apply?

• Children, three and four years of age on or before September 30 of the enrolled program year;
• District of Columbia residents with valid proof of residency
• Children who are five years of age BEFORE September 30, 2017, are NOT eligible for the Pre-K Enhancement Program;
• Children who enroll in CommuniKids’ 2 ½ year old class will have priority for the Pre-K 3 class the following school year.

Limited spaces are still available for all age groups. Application deadline is Monday, August 14, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. EST.

We are having an Open House for interested families on Thursday, August 10 at 10:00 a.m. Please RSVP on the webpage below:

For more information, visit http://communikids.com/free-dc-pre-k/

CommuniKids Preschool
4719 Wisconsin Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20016

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know more details about the DCPS decision to fund additional PK3 and PK4 slots in private schools? how can additional preschools get qualified to do this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know more details about the DCPS decision to fund additional PK3 and PK4 slots in private schools? how can additional preschools get qualified to do this?

Preschools should probably look out for NOFAs from OSSE at https://osse.dc.gov/service/early-learning-funding-opportunities

It looks like the most recent one closed on 7/21 https://osse.dc.gov/node/1253346 and there's a contact person listed who would probably be a good place for preschools to start inquiring if they have questions about how the program works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know more details about the DCPS decision to fund additional PK3 and PK4 slots in private schools? how can additional preschools get qualified to do this?

Not a DCPS decision- the program is run through OSSE. Understandable to be confused by the alphabet soup of education government entities in DC- they are often overlapping and not at all logical or coherent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know more details about the DCPS decision to fund additional PK3 and PK4 slots in private schools? how can additional preschools get qualified to do this?

Not a DCPS decision- the program is run through OSSE. Understandable to be confused by the alphabet soup of education government entities in DC- they are often overlapping and not at all logical or coherent.

It's not that confusing. The announcement OP posted explains that it's OSSE's program.

[Anonymous]

Wow that is pretty amazing.

[Anonymous]

My kids loved CommuniKids (though it was a long time ago when they were still in the church!).

[Anonymous]

Is it legal to allow preference for those who pay for younger kids? I guess so, since it's not really part of the lottery.

[Anonymous]

Do mine eyes deceive me? Pk3 in Ward 3??

[Anonymous]

What a game changer. No nanny for us!

[Anonymous]

WTF free private PK3 in Ward 3. That is so messed up. Sickening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WTF free private PK3 in Ward 3. That is so messed up. Sickening.

If you want to go to Communikids, it would not be determined by Ward. It's an OSSE program. Just sign your kid up and stop complaining about opportunities for all District residents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WTF free private PK3 in Ward 3. That is so messed up. Sickening.

Most of the kids who attend public school in Ward 3 live in the other seven wards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF free private PK3 in Ward 3. That is so messed up. Sickening.

Most of the kids who attend public school in Ward 3 live in the other seven wards.

That's not even remotely true - at the Elementary and Middle School level it is not even close. Only Wilson is non majority Ward 3 and that is likely changing in the next couple of years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WTF free private PK3 in Ward 3. That is so messed up. Sickening.

Most of the kids who attend public school in Ward 3 live in the other seven wards.

That's not even remotely true - at the Elementary and Middle School level it is not even close. Only Wilson is non majority Ward 3 and that is likely changing in the next couple of years.

Actually, Wilson is not the only school in Ward 3 that is not majority Ward 3, and not all Ward 3 kids are IB for Ward 3 middle school. School boundaries cross wards.

It isn't just about counting OOB. Don't forget that:
- the Wilson and Deal boundaries are not limited to Ward 3 even though they are located in Ward 3 (for example, Shepherd and Bancroft are IB but not in Ward 3, and Lafayette is mostly Ward 4 and it is the largest feeder to Deal, plus Deal is almost 30% OOB; so possibly only 40% of Deal students live in Ward 3 (a generous guess)), and that
- many Ward 3 kids are IB for middle school in Ward 2 at Hardy and O-A, and that
- Eaton and Hearst, while in Ward 3, have significant percentages of OOB students (though changing but still at 50% and up and therefore not majority Ward 3 as of the last published data), and the other elementary schools located in Ward 3 also have 7- 25% OOB too.

So, add the significant number of OOB kids to the significant number of IB kids who don't live in Ward 3, and it may be true that most of the kids who attend public school in Ward 3 do not live in Ward 3. I'm sure someone has the actual data.

Though I'm not sure why this matters when you are talking about a tiny preschool with not a lot of open 3-year old slots anyway.