A local parent posted on Park Slope Parents recently about her despair and anger after her child was rejected from two pre-schools.

I see that the PSP community reached out to help. Here is her latest post thanking those who came forward.

Thanks to everyone for your super supportive emails. I was really
overwhelmed by all the encouragement and empathy. I think I received
24 emails in total.

Here are some helpful suggestions that may be useful to others:

1) Call the admissions director near the end of summer since there are
job relocations or other factors that affect the admissions list

2) Call daycares and not preschools for openings 

3) Wait another year since our generation didn't go to preschool till
4. In the meantime, enroll him in classes like art, music and gym so
he can get the socialization and class structure. There were several
parents who chose this route and in some cases it was an active
decision on their part to hold off another year.

4) I even had a parent who emailed to DIY--teach your child at home.