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Inquiry about total early childhood education seats and capacity
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Council Member Rita Joseph inquires about the total number of early childhood education seats available and the current capacity. DOE officials reveal that there are about 130,000 seats in total capacity, with specific breakdowns for pre-K and 3-K programs. The discussion highlights a significant gap between available seats and current enrollment.
- DOE has a total capacity of about 130,000 seats for early childhood education
- Pre-K has over 70,000 seats with about 50,000 applicants
- 3-K has about 47,000 seats with around 43,000 applications
- Current fill rate is approximately 70% across the system
Rita Joseph
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Thank you.
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Thank you, chair Brennan.
0:51:15
Quick question.
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So altogether, how many seats do you have open?
0:51:19
How many seats do you have in all?
Daniel Weisberg
0:51:22
I'm sorry, chair.
Rita Joseph
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How many available seats do you have in early childhood?
Daniel Weisberg
0:51:26
In early childhood.
Rita Joseph
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Mhmm.
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How many seats do you have?
Simone Hawkins
0:51:30
This mic won't let me be great.
0:51:32
So we have about 130,000 capacity.
Rita Joseph
0:51:36
103,000 capacity.
Simone Hawkins
0:51:37
30,000.
Emma Vadehra
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30
Rita Joseph
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thousand.
0:51:39
One hundred and 30 thousand?
0:51:40
Correct.
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But 51,000 seats, families applied for seats.
Simone Hawkins
0:51:44
So, just to be clear and I don't want to misquote Trevonder's numbers, but in regards to pre k, I think you mentioned about 50,000 applicants for pre k.
0:51:54
We have over 70,000 pre k seats just to have that juxtaposition.
Rita Joseph
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Okay.
Simone Hawkins
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And, I believe for three ks there are about 43,000 seats or applications, there's 47,000
Rita Joseph
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seats.
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And
Simone Hawkins
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so, right now our capacity throughout System.
0:52:11
Exactly.
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It's significantly less.
0:52:15
We have about a 70% fill rate right now.