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Expansion of PK3 in DC had two goals.

1) Help close the gap between poor kids and well-prepared kids. Research from Pew and others consistently shows that a dollar invested in high-quality preschool has a greater educational benefit ROI than a dollar invested at any other point in the education system.

2) Get parents of all income levels to enroll in under-enrolled DCPS schools so DCPS would stop losing so much 'market share' to charters and private schools.

That's it. The schools without Pk3 were not, and are NOT under-enrolled. They truly do NOT have space for PK3.

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That's all and good but when 104 of the 111 schools have it and only 7 don't it becomes problematic, especially when it's paid for out of tax dollars[/quote]

Oh cry me a river.  It is not happening because parents at those schools were against it.  There is no right to free preschool even if most other people have it.  [/quote]
"Problematic."  I hate that word.  What, *exactly* is the problem?   And what's your solution?  Yes, it would be nice if every elementary school in DC had PK3.  But they don't, and the schools that don't have it are already crowded.  People who live IB for, say, Janney would scream bloody murder if they got rezoned because Janney had to reduce PK4-5 enrollment in order to make space for PK3 at the school.  And they'd be pissed if more kids were in trailers because they needed to make space for PK3.  And frankly, they'd be right to, because if you did a real cost-benefit analysis for kids who live IB for one of the good upper NW schools, the value of PK3 is pretty small.[/quote]

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