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Explanation of waitlist process for 3-K and Pre-K programs
0:49:52
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First Deputy Chancellor Daniel Weisberg provides additional information about the waitlist process for 3-K and Pre-K programs, explaining how families who didn't receive their preferred offers still have opportunities for placement.
- Families who didn't get offers to their listed sites are automatically waitlisted for all sites on their application
- There's a reasonable chance of receiving a preferred offer over the summer as placements change
- Families can register for the offered site while remaining on waitlists for preferred sites
- Accepting an offer doesn't prevent families from receiving and accepting a different offer later
Daniel Weisberg
0:49:52
Can just add to that chair.
0:49:53
Sorry, know, because I know we have many parents that are getting these offers for the four year olds that got it last week, for the three year olds that are getting it this week.
0:50:04
If the small percentage that Trevana's talking about that didn't get an offer to any of the sites they listed, as Trivanna says, they're automatically waitlisted for all the sites that they did put on their application.
0:50:19
So just because maybe you're one of the families who got an offer to a site that isn't close to home or just isn't the one you wanted for whatever reason, you have a reasonable chance over the course of the summer as things shake out to get an offer from one of those sites that you did list on the application.
0:50:38
Just want to make sure people understand that.
0:50:40
You can even register for the site where at which you were given the offer.
0:50:48
That does not mean that you can't then get an offer and register at a different place off the wait list.
0:50:54
So the basic message is if you're one of those small percentage of families that didn't get an offer to the place you're really looking for, doesn't mean you might not get that offer because you're on the wait list over the course of the summer.
Justin Brannan
0:51:08
K.
0:51:08
I'm gonna kick it over to chair Joseph, and then I'll be back.
0:51:10
Thank you.