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Parents deliver petition over UPK transitions; superintendent defends lottery-based approach
Summary
About 70 parents petitioned the West Orange Board of Education to restore transition guarantees for children already enrolled at participating private UPK providers after a policy change; the superintendent said the district uses a lottery beginning at age 3 and cited budget and capacity limits while the board said it is working toward full UPK enrollment.
A group of parents asked the West Orange Board of Education on Jan. 6 to provide transition accommodations after a change to the district's universal pre-K (UPK) enrollment policy removed guaranteed or priority placement for children already enrolled at participating private providers.
Matthew Felson, a parent from 93 Lessing Road, read a petition he said was signed by about 70 parents, telling the board that many families made long-term childcare, housing and enrollment decisions based on the prior UPK structure that promised continuity of care when children aged up at participating…
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