SCHOOLS FACE SQUEEZE IN OPEN ENROLLMENT; LAUSD OFFICIALS EXPECT NUMBER OF SEATS TO DIP BY OVER 33%.(NEWS)(Statistical Data Included)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: April 21, 1998 | Copyright information

Byline: Sherry Joe Crosby Daily News Staff Writer

Open enrollment seats in the Los Angeles Unified School District are expected to drop by more than a third this year because of a surge in new students and smaller class sizes, officials said Monday.

Last year, parents were able to choose from 12,000 open seats at some of the district's best public schools.

This year, that number is expected to drop to 7,400 as the nation's second-largest school syst...

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