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Seat allocation process and addressing unmet demand
1:42:03
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47 sec
Council Member Rita Joseph questions the DOE about the seat allocation process under the new RFP and how they plan to address the issue of families not receiving seats. The discussion focuses on strategies to reduce the number of unplaced applicants and improve the allocation process.
- DOE aims to provide a seat for every family that applies
- Concerns raised about 2,000 families not receiving seats in the previous year
- Questions about strategies to reduce the number of unplaced applicants
- Discussion on the need for better planning and community engagement to address recurring issues
- Emphasis on the importance of finding solutions to serve all families effectively
Rita Joseph
1:42:03
And with the new RFP, New York City Public Schools, if they apply for a seat, will they get a seat?
Monique Scales
1:42:11
With any any RFP when when as far as seats, if an individual family applies for a seat, we're looking to provide them with a seat.
Rita Joseph
1:42:21
But we heard earlier too, you still had last year about 2,000 families that did not get a seat.
1:42:26
How do we remedy the yeah.
1:42:27
See, we we can't keep having the same problem ever every year, so we should that's why I'm asking who are you sitting with, who are you talking to.
1:42:35
If we're still having the same problems every year, what are we looking to remedy the problems?
1:42:40
They should be less.
1:42:40
How are you looking to reduce that number of folks who did not get seats?
1:42:44
What's in place?
Daniel Weisberg
1:42:46
Let me jump in there, Chair.
Rita Joseph
1:42:48
Go ahead, deputy.