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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ward 3 doesn't have PK because the families there were unwilling to accept boundary changes that would have created space for PK. They would rather have K-12 WOTP than have PK classrooms in WOTP schools. They made that very clear during the last boundary revision process. If that has changed, people are going to have to make that clear.[/quote]

This is incomplete at best, though I would simply say wrong.  There were no close-to-reasonable changes to boundaries that would (now) allow any pre-K in Ward 3 elementary schools.  The boundary changes would mean different students in the buildings, not free space.  Look at JR.

Ward 3 doesn't have pre-K because, for a multitude of reasons, ward 3 schools are crowded with post-pre-K students.  The city was able to implement 'universal' pre-K relatively cheaply because schools in most of the city (due again to a multitude of reasons, but charter competition very clearly) are fairly empty.  Hence there was open space for a pre-K, without the need for new buildings or expansions.  The city has chosen not to expand Ward 3 schools sufficiently to allow (public) pre-K.

I would be for a subsidized pre-K program for low income families, or at least would be less annoyed if city politicians stopped calling it 'universal'.

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They can say “universal” because theoretically, there are enough preK3 seats in the city for every child whose parents want one. W3 parents are expected to travel for a preK3 seat, or a preK4 seat if they don’t get one at their IB. Same as parents in other wards are expected to travel for a “good” school when they don’t have one in their own neighborhood.  “Good” schools like the ones in W3.

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