Public school choice alone isn't enough

Ron Matus:

Over at the Gradebook (the Tampa Bay Times education blog) this morning, another example of why public school choice alone isn't enough:

Forty-two percent of the 2,200 parents in the Pasco County School District who applied to switch schools this fall were denied, the Gradebook reports, often because there wasn't enough room. (Florida's voter-approved class-size restrictions contributed to the complications.) The blog post notes the appeals process is ongoing so "a few more families might win their preferred school seats."

That still leaves a whole bunch frustrated - and unnecessarily so.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 19, 2012 1:29 AM
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