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Chair Gutiérrez asks about priority for families

New York City Council · Oct 7, 2026 · starts 0:26:56 · 57 sec

Gutiérrez asks about priority levels, such as siblings. Liss explains families are sorted into priority groups based on continuing student status, sibling enrollment, and district residency.

Jennifer Gutiérrez

Curious on the priority taken for families.

Jennifer Gutiérrez

You mentioned, obviously, kids that lived in the five districts had a priority.

Jennifer Gutiérrez

Was there any other level of priority if they had siblings that already attended the center or the space?

Jennifer Gutiérrez

Any other?

Emmy Liss

Yes.

Emmy Liss

So among the children who applied to 2K, similar to our other enrollment processes, families could list many applications on their program.

Emmy Liss

And then with it at.

Emmy Liss

For each individual program, families are sorted into priority groups based on whether they are a continuing student in that program.

Emmy Liss

So if they had been attending daycare at that site previously, if they have an older sibling enrolled into the program, and if they live in the district.

Emmy Liss

And so we worked through those different priority structures, and all of that was made publicly available to families so that they could understand whether they fit into one of those priority categories for a specific program.