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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sure, the kids will be fine, but what I think the parents are asking is why the system can't be set up to be more equitable.

And I'd guess most people in that area of Capitol Hill have six figure incomes. But I don't know who wouldn't miss $15K from a $150-200K income...[/quote]

What would be more equitable than a lottery? (honest question, maybe more appropriate for a new thread tho)[/quote]

Means tested preschool.[/quote]

Is this having an income cap or income-preference for pre-school access? If so, then I think I would support that. However, didn't our current system grow out of a means-tested system (head start)? I wonder why the change was made to remove the income criteria for DC? There must have been some reasoning behind that that I would like to understand. [/quote]

Lots of research showing that universal PK, which DC doesn't quite have, gets better results academically.

Dollar for dollar, investments in early education get more and better results than anything past 1st grade.

Here's one summary. http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/should-the-government-fund-universal-pre-k/pre-k-is-good-but-universal-pre-k-is-better[/quote]

11:38 here.  What I was suggesting was universal pre-K with some sort of income preference for the lottery, so that those who needed free pre-K the most would get the preference.  I'm not a policy person, so I have no idea how that would work but I think that would be the most equitable.[/quote]

The DME proposed setting aside 10 percent of PK seats for at risk children but that has been mothballed:  I don't think means testing is a solution 99 percent of the time at Brent because it would be indexed to the poverty line.  Brent is far from alone in its inability to accommodate all inbound families for PK3 and 4.  Does anyone want to add another layer of complexity to the lottery by forcing parents to input personal financial information into MySchoolDC and then verify with tax returns upon enrollment?  And would t this have the effect of causing some families to reconsider committing to DCPS or top charters?  [/quote]

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