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Over 3K desks available for 2012-13 N.J public school choice program
71 New Jersey school districts expect to have 3,126 open desks available when the 2012-13 school year begins in September under the so-called Interdistrict Choice program that enables parents to send their children to schools outside their district without cost, the state Department of Education announced Monday.
There are 1,878 students in the program for the current 2011-2012 school year.
The program was developed by Gov. Chris Christie to enable the parents of children stuck in bad schools, especially in the inner cities, to transfer to a better learning environment. (Hester, New Jersey Newsroom)
