I got the word from Joyce at My Sidewalk Chalk that the public school Pre-K rejection letters started arriving on Saturday.

Pre-K is not mandated by the state and public pre-school programs tend to be small. Hence parents must apply for coveted spots. Apparently there were a lot of unexpected rejections this year and parents are up in arms. At some schools, siblings are automatically accepted. Not this year. Here’s what Joyce had to say:

The Pre-K rejection letters started arriving on Saturday and according to the anecdotal evidence on the yahoo groups, there are some funky  rejections. Families of sibs were supposed to be given priority.

In- zone sibs would seem to have been guaranteed spots especially in schools with several pre-K’s like PS 282, but reports say that they  have gotten rejections. A parent has written me that the refused are starting to organize to get accountability. I have a couple numbers to call on my blog, including the Public Advocate.

Joyce Szuflita
www.mysidewalkchalk.blogspot.com