Today while I was on Yahoo, I found an article with the headline, "3,100 Kindergarteners Waitlisted at Local Schools" and couldn't believe that. The article states that it is around 1,000 more than last year and most of this is occurring Queens, but other parts of NY as well. The government needs to somehow control this because I believe that everyone should have a right to education. Being waitlisted at a college is understandable because usually people have other options but these little 4 year olds need a place to learn and it has to be accessible for them. The last paragraph of the article reads,
"The [Department of Education] is responsible for making sure there are enough seats in the local schools - that is their reason for being," said Councilwoman Jessica Lappin, who represents the upper East Side. "They definitely should have seen this coming."
Something needs to be done about this, such as funding to build more schools. I also found another article
http://gothamschools.org/2011/03/30/kindergarten-wait-lists-lengthen-as-more-families-apply/
^this again talks about kindergarteners being waitlisted - there are many different articles and I think that this is an issue that needs to be carefully looked at because it is extremely important that children receive education when they are young and can then have the opportunity to go to elementary school.
