QUESTION
How will the DOE address overcrowding in schools using the working group's recommendations?
1:54:56
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The Department of Education considers capping enrollment as a method to address overcrowded schools using the working group's recommendations.
- Compliance with the working group's recommendations could involve capping enrollment at overcrowded schools.
- This measure may significantly impact parental choices regarding their children's schooling.
- The Department of Education's enrollment team plans to assist parents in finding suitable alternatives if enrollment is capped.
- Building additional facilities quickly enough to avoid capping enrollment is challenging for the Department of Education.
Rita C. Joseph
1:54:56
So the DOE plan on adapting the working group proposal capital roman at a lower levels overcrowded schools, right, if they're underutilized nearby.
1:55:06
So let's say there's a school that's underutilized nearby.
1:55:09
Is there any plan to use some of the recommendations from the working group?
Dan Weisberg
1:55:15
Yeah.
1:55:15
I mean, that that is one of the things that we would have to do.
1:55:19
To comply.
1:55:20
And and so we have schools that don't meet the caps, and we're not gonna be able to build at least quickly enough.
1:55:31
In order to meet the mandate, we would have to cap enrollment.
1:55:36
That would be pretty much the only thing we could do unless there was an exemption, but we can't count on an exemption.
1:55:43
So we would, at that point, do everything we could.
1:55:47
And I don't have to tell anybody here, certainly, chair, including you.
1:55:51
That would be a very significant decision for parents.
1:55:53
To be able to say that, you know, there used to be 500 incoming students.
1:55:58
Now there's gonna only gonna be 300, so you really had your heart set on your child going to the school, you may not be able to go now.
1:56:05
But if we did have to take that step, we would have our enrollment team work with parents, to try to find good alternatives that are close by as much as But