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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But PK-3 and PK-4 are not universal.

And if you live in Ward 3 that is a good thing - at Janney at least they would need 2 additional classrooms just to accommodate all of the in-boundary PK-4 demand and I assume a similar number of classrooms for PK-3 which would swell the school to 825+ kids.

So if it is not universal and is in essence a scare resource who should get the seats?  Even though we completely missed out on PK-3 and only got our youngest into PK-4 because of sibling preference and that probably cost us $40-$50,000 in extra day care costs I still think the seats should go to the kids for whom early intervention is of the most benefit and that is most certainly not my upper middle class kids.

I still think it is problematic that public money is going to a private pre-school especially in Ward 3 and I'm writing as someone who might have benefited from this arrangement.[/quote]

It is "universal," but to DC that means there are seats, they just might be far away from where you live.  http://www.urban.org/urban-wire/portrait-universal-pre-kindergarten-dc[/quote]

Well that is not universal then - universal to me means you have a right to a slot at your designated school and that is definitely not the case.  From the article:

[i]The city guarantees access to pre-K for four-year-olds, but not necessarily in the child’s neighborhood, meaning that slots aren’t always available nearby. [/i]

Also the piece you cite, for whatever it is worth, does not reference PK-3 as being "universal."
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That is certainly NOT what universal PK means. The "universal" simply means all children are eligible, regardless of family income, children's ability, or anything else. It does NOT mean "guaranteed". It [b]especially[/b] does not mean "guaranteed at your specific neighborhood school".[/quote]

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