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Ward 3 State Board Member asks OIG to probe DCPS kindergarten age policy and alleged CFSA reports
Summary
Eric Goulet told the Committee on Executive Administration and Labor that DC Public Schools abruptly changed enrollment and waiver practices for children near the Sept. 30 age cutoff, and he asked the Office of Inspector General to investigate alleged retaliatory reports to the Child and Family Services Agency.
Eric Goulet, the Ward 3 representative on the D.C. State Board of Education, told the Committee on Executive Administration and Labor on June 2 that DC Public Schools abruptly changed its enforcement of age and waiver policies for kindergarten and that some families faced what he called retaliatory reports to the Child and Family Services Agency.
Goulet told Chairperson Anita Bonds that schools informed families whose children have birthdays before Sept. 30 that those children must skip kindergarten and enter first grade, and that DCPS voided previously approved developmental waivers issued by DCPS itself. “In at least two instances, DCPS ordered families to leave pre-K 4 programs with approximately two months remaining in the school…
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