As we tweeted yesterday, Washington Examiner has reported that there are “More than 17,000 names on charter school waiting lists:”
Waiting lists for the city’s public charter schools are running a total 17,396 names deep, according to the DC Public Charter School Board.
That’s 51 percent of the total number of students successfully enrolling in the city’s public charter schools in the fall, or 33,699 children. This year, 31,562 students attended charter schools, while 45,630 attended DC Public Schools.