The Department of Education on Wednesday released citywide information about kindergarten waiting lists for the upcoming school year, and, over all, the news isn’t good.
The total number of children waiting for a spot at their elementary school, 3,195, is nearly 1,000 more than there were when a similar roster was released last March. Likewise, the number of schools that have had to resort to a waiting list has grown to 157 from 112 last year, out of the roughly 700 city elementary schools that offer kindergarten.
Officials cautioned that the numbers would most likely shrink by the time charter school lotteries are held, gifted programs have announced their selections and private schools have made their offers. Still, they acknowledged that some parents would ultimately have to send their children to a nearby school that has room and not to the public school they’re zoned for.
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