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Analysis of three-k and pre-k enrollment and application data
1:57:26
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Council Member Restler analyzes recent enrollment and application data for three-k and pre-k programs, highlighting areas of concern and improvement.
- Restler notes modest improvement in what he describes as a 'badly mismanaged' system
- He points out that in more than a quarter of school districts, applications exceed the number of available seats
- An additional quarter of districts have over 90% application rates compared to available seats
- Restler expresses concern about the challenges of managing the system and connecting families to seats when operating near full capacity
Lincoln Restler
1:57:26
That's great.
1:57:27
We got a now we got a team effort.
1:57:28
So we know we're going to the mayor and joc next, but it's good that the DOE and the city council are united in making sure that these critical investments happen because I'll be honest, we reviewed this morning, thank you for sharing it at 08:30 this morning, some updated data on enrollment and applications for three ks and pre k last year.
1:57:47
And I would say a system that's been badly mismanaged is seeing modest improvement.
1:57:52
So that's me giving a compliment.
1:57:56
We continue to see that in more than a quarter of school districts, applications demand are outpacing the number of seats.
1:58:04
And in an additional quarter school districts, so 18 out of the 32 school districts, we either have more demand than more applications than seats or over 90 plus percent applications than seats.
1:58:16
It's very challenging to manage a school to manage an early childhood system and actually connect a family to a three k seat in their neighborhood when you're at 95, 90 six, 90 seven percent capacity.
1:58:28
So I'm not sure if this is a chancellor, Dan, or who's the right question on this one.
1:58:32
What's the ideal operating capacity for the three k system?