Q&A
Council member inquires about managing Summer Rising waitlists and open seats
1:16:49
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Council Member Rita C. Joseph asks about how the Department of Education manages waitlists and open seats in areas with varying demand for the Summer Rising program.
- DOE officials explain that they worked with DYCD to identify areas with open seats
- The My Schools platform was updated to allow families to filter and see available seats
- Information about open seats was also made available on the DOE website
- Families were encouraged to continuously check My Schools for seat availability and apply accordingly
Rita C. Joseph
1:16:49
How does we were seeing that in certain areas.
1:16:53
There were a wait list.
1:16:54
In certain areas, you had a lot of open seats.
1:16:56
How did you deal with that?
Angela Faloye
1:17:03
Could you please restate the question?
Rita C. Joseph
1:17:04
There were areas where you had wait list, and there were certain areas where you had a lot of open seats.
1:17:11
How did you manage that?
Angela Faloye
1:17:14
One thing we did in collaboration with DY city was to understand where we had open seats.
1:17:20
And thanks to the my school's team, office of student enrollment, we made it available.
1:17:25
So families could actually filter in my schools to understand where the seats were available and then to apply.
1:17:33
We also had that information on our website.
1:17:35
Long story short is that we were encouraging families to please continuously check my school to understand where those seats are available to please apply
Rita C. Joseph
1:17:45
What accommodations were made for parents who did not have access to my schools?
