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Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified runs kindergarten enrollment lotteries; some families not offered seats

Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District · April 23, 2024
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Summary

District staff ran live-streamed enrollment lotteries for Cornerstone TK and a dual-immersion kindergarten, prioritizing siblings and using a randomized sequence; Cornerstone TK and kindergarten had more requests than seats, leaving nine TK and 14 kindergarten applicants without offers.

Andrea McDonald, identifying herself as from the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District, led a live-streamed enrollment lottery for Cornerstone and the district's dual-immersion kindergarten programs and explained how seats would be allocated.

McDonald said the dual-immersion kindergarten has 24 seats and 23 requests, noting, “we have 24 seats available and, we have 23 requests,” meaning every requesting family in that cohort will be offered a seat. She said Cornerstone TK has a single TK class of 24 students but received 33…

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