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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The non-match list for PK4 is astounding.  Over 1000?  We are one of those.[/quote]

Over 1000 non-matches for PK might look bad, but I'd like to see the detailed data...[b]I wouldn't consider it "astounding.[/b]" Chances are, many of those 1000 were not entered into the lottery for 12 different schools, but probably just a few or even just one. Many of those 1000 may already be enrolled at a school that has PS3 and those families are looking to switch up, so I bet its not that all of them are without a viable school option. And since all schools except those in upper NW have PS3, it's well known that it's often tough to get a spot in PK because most are taken up by matriculating PS3 kids who are staying at their school. And for many of those families in upper NW, whose schools start at PK, they may have entered the lottery only for their local school, knowing that if they didn't get in, they would stay at the private preschool they are at now. I'm not unsympathetic, I'm just trying to understand the data and look at it realistically. I think looking at PS3 numbers is more useful for gauging how the city is doing in meeting the needs of its residents (with the caveat that looking at upper NW schools as a subcategory because they start in PK is important too...and you can examine this data for DCPS schools via dashboard available on the DCPS website). [/quote]

You, sir or madam, are an a**.  It's fair to offer suggestions for data interpretations. But to take issue with "astounding" is just douche-baggery.  [/quote]

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