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06.19.08, 12:17 PM NY Schools
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Are there schools that are so crowded that they don't accept all of the zoned children? Can a school do that? I thought they had to take anyone who lives in the cachement. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
NY Schools 06.19.08, 12:17 PM Flag

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Yes. There are some schools that are not taking all DCs in the catchment. The NYTimes reported this about 321 about a month ago. They don't have to take all the DCs in the zone if the Fire Dep't is telling them that there is simply no more room for more bodies. The City has to put the DCs in a seat somewhere, but it doesn't have to be in the zoned school. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.19.08, 12:21 PM Flag

Really? So they can just send you to some other school that is nowhere near where you live? Or leave you with children in different schools? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.19.08, 12:23 PM Flag

they will keep siblings together and put kids who don't get into the zoned school in the next closest school with a spot. Honestly, depending on exactly where you live, your zoned school may not even be the closest school to your home. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.19.08, 02:04 PM Flag

The New York times reported that PS 234 in lower Manhattan has created a waiting list for K for kids in the zone. K is not mandatory in NY state fwiw. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.19.08, 05:01 PM Flag

there is a waitlist for K at both Riverdale public schools (24 and 81) right now- they will not accept all zoned children- they will bus them to the nearest school with open seats (which will likely be ps7 in Kingsbridge which is not great) [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.19.08, 05:55 PM Flag

199 is waitlisting because they are over-enrolled. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.19.08, 09:15 PM Flag

Then why did they put seats into the D3 lottery? I think it was only 3 or 4, but they did offer seats. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.20.08, 09:34 AM Flag

we were told this for 130 (chinatown) last year. what is bad though is that they took kids from queens and brooklyn though would turn away local zoned kids [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.19.08, 09:34 PM Flag

Siblings? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.19.08, 10:09 PM Flag

maybe some but not all. we were told that they would send us to a nearby school, since there are a lot of schoosl in area [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.19.08, 10:51 PM Flag