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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PK3

Stevens Early Learning Center - #60
Thomson Elementary School - #16

These are near our offices, so that's why we like them. We live in-bounds for Hyde-Addison, majorly annoyed they removed PK3 right when we needed it  :cry:

Matched at Meridian PCS. Still waiting to hear back from Communikids, Rosemount, and Kiddie Academy on their separate lotteries.[/quote]

If you live IB for Hyde-Addison you don't need free PK (you want it), meanwhile you have matched for preK in a neighborhood where more kids actually need it.  :roll: [/quote]

This isn't a thread for being judgey-judys. [/quote]

NP. Perhaps not but this is such a permanent pet peeve of mine in these lottery threads that I personally support the call out. No one feels sorry for people like this and they need to learn to stop trying to seek sympathy on these boards for this situation. It's so tiresome. Universal PK was not adopted in DC in order to make sure families IB for Hyde-Addison would have an easy commute for free PK. This is not a real problem, just an inconvenience for people who can afford to pay to make inconveniences go away.[/quote]

I've paid $120K+ in city taxes over the past 12 years to the District. GTFOOH for trying to shame any of us from using a very valuable service - pre-K - offered by our city government. Should I not use municipal sanitation? Should I not call the police or fire department? What about speech therapy offered by the District to my toddler? Should we be forced to avoid the public parks and programming? Can I not use the public pool if I can afford a private pool club in the suburbs?

Please list out the services and income thresholds for various services offered by the District, to ensure I don't run afoul of your views. Thx![/quote]

Not sure if you are the PP IB for Hyde but I am a NP and THANK YOU.  The PP wasn't even really complaining- she just said she wanted the ones near her office and asked how likely it would be to get out.  If PK were only offered to poorer kids then it would not be as useful for keeping people in DC.  DC quite easily does a number of benefits based on income (for example the credit for daycare expenses goes away once you make $150k) so if the program was intended to primarily benefit lower income people then it would.  Saying that she can't ask what her odds are of getting into a different school or be annoyed that PK at her in bounds went away is just unnecessary.

Signed, NP who paid over $50k in taxes last year to DC who has zero qualms about taking advantage of DCPS pre-k.  [/quote]

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