Out-of-Boundary, Preschool and Pre-K Lotteries Open Today
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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Shaun Courtney
12:26 pm on Monday, January 28, 2013
The lottery just opened, according to an automated text message I received from DCPS. -SC more ›