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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Also, be aware that DCPS has other ways of filling seats. [/b]There are zero-to-three programs at certain elementary schools and I'm not sure if those kids need to lottery to have a PK3 spot in their same school. And there's also Early Stages which is how children with developmental needs can get a PK3 spot before they're of age. And all of the self-contained classrooms for special education have their own placement process. Charters can have self-contained classrooms too but I'm not sure how placement works. Anyway, the point is, what you see in the lottery data is only part of the PK3 enrollment picture. So yes, enrollment is down for the youngest kids and some adjustments will be made, but it's not necessarily a huge problem that a school didn't fill in the lottery.

Also, some DCPS schools are overcrowded so having less kids isn't a problem for them at all. Using the 2024 MFP, that includes Bancroft, Barnard, Brent, Brightwood, Garrison, Hearst, Oyster-Adams, and others. So a few less preschool and K kids might result in the enrollment being a better fit for the building size.[/quote]

DCPS also has other ways to deal with the budget. The mayor’s budget proposal transfers 50+ million dollars of expenses to other agencies. The end result is that it’s easier for DCPS to balance the budget but it is also a tactic to hide money from charter students. The formula is supposed to be the DCPS budget divided by the number of kids is the amount of per pupil money set for charters. Sneaking money out of the dcps budget means that it doesn’t have to be counted in the formula for charters.

I really wish DCPS would open up seats in their popular schools for displaced students or maybe the more popular charters could have a set aside. [/quote]

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