Parents Forced To Camp Out For Lincoln Kindergarten Spots

March 12, 2012 6:44 PM

Reporting Maria Medina

LINCOLN (CBS13) – Dozens of parents in one Lincoln community are being forced to camp out for three nights in hopes of getting their kids into a kindergarten class.

Lincoln Crossing Elementary is so impacted there only a limited amount of open spots available. Registration begins at 7 a.m. on Tuesday.

Jonathan Brose came prepared for a long night with “tent chairs and lots of water.”

So did the other parents in line with him outside the school. They’re competing for their children to get one of 105 available kindergarten seats next school year, but it’s first come, first serve.

Nick Kosmides has the coveted first spot in line, guaranteeing his daughter a spot. “She’s proud, she’s excited,” he said.

While he and the couple dozen parents after him are in good shape, parents farther back in line like Jonathan actually may not make it at all.

“I thought I had until about 4 or 5 o’ clock tonight,” he said.

Although there are 105 kindergarten seats about half of them are already taken because kindergarten students with older siblings at Lincoln Crossing are automatically guaranteed a spot. So in reality, there are only 54 kindergarten openings.

“It is frustrating when I am paying tax dollars, especially living in this community, to not be able to have my kid immediately go to this school,” Jonathan said.

The families who moved into the neighborhood were told another elementary school would be built by this year. But the economy put the plans on hold.

“Feel cheated,” Nick said. “We were promised a school when we bought into this community.”

So every year, this is what parents must do to get into Lincoln Crossing or their kids go to an overflow school.

“Living right next to a school does not guarantee your kid can get into a school,” Jonathan said.

Parents Forced To Camp Out For Lincoln Kindergarten Spots

Bill smith

Why do we even have a Department of Education at the federal level? Obama could share in Carter’s legacy by firing everyone in the DoEd and abolishing the agency. How is that for saving tax money my democrat friends?
http://kluv.radio.com/2012/03/15/they-walk-among-us-478/ They Walk Among Us

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RushLimbow

They should have built a bigger school and I have not seen many darkies out here
Patrick

I live in this community. My daughter will be in kindergarden in 2 years, and my son does not go to the neighborhood school due to lack of room instead we drive him to another school 5 miles away. The parents were not forced. they would just rather their school be close to where they live and have their kids classmates their neighbors. When they built this community they were suppose to build 2 schools. they built one. one block from my house is a lot with a rotting sign on it that states future school 2012. But the school district spent all the money on admin instead of schools and teachers. problem is they built a new community, attracted young familes to them and did not provide the facilities young breeding families need even though the comunity has huge taxes and bonds on it to pay for them. The problem will get worse as the neighborhood is full of babies. We cant move as nobody will buy a house that has no schools or parks for kids and all of the homes are under water.

also this is placer county, mostly republican part of california. all of you fellow republicans think all of california is blue your comments here make you look like fools for not knowing the whole story. I have red blood in my veins.

TRADER LU

Well said, Patrick. Even though we sarcrificed to send our son to Catholic and then later to Christian schools, it is such an impossibility for parents now to afford the high prices of private schools. You may be in a neighborhood where parents want to and are allowed to be involved in their local school (other than the administration wanting them to only fund raise). The parents there might consider starting a Charter School. Our local one has been doing great since day one and the parents are really plugged in. You do not have to deal with unions.

http://weirdworldnews.org/2012/03/18/sunday-weird-round-up-18-march-2012/ Sunday Weird Round-up 18 March 2012 | Weird World News

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