Tuesday, March 12, 2013
There will be one pre-K class, instead of two, at Stoddert Elementary School in Glover Park for the 2013-2014 school year.
Stoddert Elementary will have just one pre-K class next fall so the in-demand Glover Park school can fit three kindergarten classes. Principal Patricia Pride told Patch the decision was made to cut a pre-K class—there have generally been two pre-K classes of about 18 students—to make room for a fourth kindergarten class. Pride did not respond to additional inquiries about how that decision was made, when it was made or whether parents were notified in advance. Pride explained that for the past three years the kindergarten classes have been "overloaded," holding an average of 27 per class, when the ideal number is 20 or fewer students. "I know this does not feel like a positive to those on the wait list, however we have to support the …
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Sunday, March 10, 2013
Both Hyde-Addison and Stoddert Elementary waitlisted in-boundary children in the pre-K lottery.
Between Georgetown, Burleith and Glover Park, nearly 75 children eligible for pre-K in DC Public Schools in the fall were put on a waitlist for their local school during the annual lottery. DCPS announced the lottery results Friday. Demand from local children for Stoddert Elementary and Hyde-Addison Elementary outstripped the number of available seats, leaving 72 local children on the waitlist. There were 36 slots—each school accepted one class of 18 children for pre-K—but there were 108 in-boundary children who applied for those slots. Students in Georgetown had a better chance at Hyde-Addison Elementary where 12 in-boundary children were placed on the wait list, compared to 60 in-boundary students on the waitlist at Stoddert Elementary. …
Monday, January 28, 2013
The lottery to attend an out-of-boundary school or to enroll in preschool or pre-kindergarten at any public school runs through Feb. 25.
The DC Public Schools lottery to attend a school that is not your neighborhood school or to enroll your three or four-year-old in preschool or pre-kindergarten opens today. But the preschool and pre-K lottery system does not guarantee placement at your local school; an increasingly common dilemma for parents in Georgetown, Burleith and Glover Park. DCPS offers preschool and pre-kindergarten at many schools throughout the District, including five preschool programs in Ward 2 and 14 pre-K programs in Wards 2 and 3 combined. Last year, at both Hyde-Addison Elementary in Georgetown and Stoddert Elementary in Glover Park the pre-K classes were filled by in-boundary children. Stoddert filled two classes and Hyde-Addison only offered one class. …
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Tim
6:41 am on Thursday, March 14, 2013
Actually the 2 PK's this year had approximately 17 with siblings. more ›