Sentences with phrase «slots at their neighborhood schools»

Generally, DCPS doesn't guarantee families preschool slots at their neighborhood schools, and many preschool programs at schools near Van Ness have long waitlists.

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Uncomfortable sending their daughters to the neighborhood school, the Wheatons applied for slots at a local, well - regarded charter school, and requested (and were granted) transfer permits for both to attend the neighboring El Segundo school district.

Maybe this was because they wanted to stay in the neighborhood, or were concerned about how their child could safely get to another school, or didn't know there were open slots at good schools.

This study defines neighborhoods geographically by school boundaries because living within a school boundary guarantees a slot (or a preference, for pre-kindergarten students) at the in - boundary school.

Founded in 2006 in a poor Harlem neighborhood, the schools 2013 lottery drew 2,478 applicants for 122 slots at one campus.

Eventually, DCPS plans to guarantee preschool slots for neighborhood children at all its high - poverty schools, but for this coming school year that policy is in place at only five schools.

DC residents are guaranteed a slot at their neighborhood DC Public School beginning in kindergarten, but only a few schools guarantee admission to preschool.