Beginning in September of 2017, the DOE wants to rezone 61 %
of incoming Kindergarten students currently zoned for PS 199 into PS 191, as well as reshuffle families currently zoned for PS 191 into PS 199, and two other high - performing schools, PS 87 and PS 452.
Researchers looked at nationally representative data from the National Center for Education Statistics and compared the reading, writing, and math skills of about 17,000
incoming kindergarten students in 2010 to 20,000 students from 1998.
As a result, there are large inequalities in
how incoming kindergarten students will be prepared to meet the increased academic expectations of the Common Core State Standards.
Lusher Charter School is likely to reduce the number of
incoming kindergarten students from 150 to 100 in the coming year, halting the expansion it began two years ago because it has run out of room at its satellite campus at the Jewish Community Center and been unable to find more space elsewhere.
Five years ago, the Louisville, Kentucky, school district determined that less than half of
the incoming kindergarten students were deemed ready for school.
«Aspire has been a partner with the Richmond community even before the first day of school,» said Shahad Wright, father of
an incoming kindergarten student at Aspire Richmond Technology Academy.
The district already only applies to
incoming kindergarten students.