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SF politics
fromABC7 San Francisco
1 day ago

Here's why SF's subsidized child care program could have negative impact on some preschools

San Francisco expanded subsidized childcare eligibility to higher-income families to retain families, funded by Proposition C and raising qualifying thresholds significantly.
fromChalkbeat
3 months ago

NYC families are fleeing before kindergarten. Free pre-K isn't always enough to keep them.

Child care is just one piece of an interconnected web of affordability and education issues that influence whether families leave the city when they have children. Also in play: housing, availability of after-school programs, school quality, and navigating school admissions, whether for kindergarten or looking ahead to middle and high school. For many, having a second or third child also changes the calculus, several parents told Chalkbeat.
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