Comments on: For high school students, school choice is hard to come by http://gothamschools.org/2009/03/16/for-high-school-students-school-choice-is-hard-to-come-by/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Educational Technique Resources » Blog Archive » But Walt Disney Quit High School http://gothamschools.org/2009/03/16/for-high-school-students-school-choice-is-hard-to-come-by/comment-page-1/#comment-71502 Educational Technique Resources » Blog Archive » But Walt Disney Quit High School Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:09:10 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=11283#comment-71502 [...] For high school students, school pick is hornlike to become by … [...] [...] For high school students, school pick is hornlike to become by … [...]

]]> By: Michael M. http://gothamschools.org/2009/03/16/for-high-school-students-school-choice-is-hard-to-come-by/comment-page-1/#comment-71499 Michael M. Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:58:19 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=11283#comment-71499 Re "...and that this year’s new kindergarten enrollment process at least allows families to apply to schools outside of their zone." Note that despite both formal requests from CECD2, and informal requests, DOE has yet to release kindergarten application figures for District 2 (most of Manhattan below 59th, plus UES) -- which is suffering from ever-increasing overcrowding, and, anecdotally only so far, a SPIKE in K applications, even from ZONED kids. The K application deadline, initially Monday March 2, was extended to Friday March 6. These figures are roughly two weeks overdue. Fess up, DOE! Re “…and that this year’s new kindergarten enrollment process at least allows families to apply to schools outside of their zone.”

Note that despite both formal requests from CECD2, and informal requests, DOE has yet to release kindergarten application figures for District 2 (most of Manhattan below 59th, plus UES) — which is suffering from ever-increasing overcrowding, and, anecdotally only so far, a SPIKE in K applications, even from ZONED kids.

The K application deadline, initially Monday March 2, was extended to Friday March 6.

These figures are roughly two weeks overdue. Fess up, DOE!

]]> By: ceolaf http://gothamschools.org/2009/03/16/for-high-school-students-school-choice-is-hard-to-come-by/comment-page-1/#comment-71079 ceolaf Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:34:44 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=11283#comment-71079 Philissa, I understand why you are putting this issue out there under the topic of school choice, but I think that it would have been more honest -- yes, I do mean honest -- if you had the word "transfer" in your title. Or something else in the headline that made it clear you were talking about transfer. Philissa,

I understand why you are putting this issue out there under the topic of school choice, but I think that it would have been more honest — yes, I do mean honest — if you had the word “transfer” in your title. Or something else in the headline that made it clear you were talking about transfer.

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