kids++
Where the Race Now Begins at Kindergarten
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/nyregion/06private.html
But with the recent boom in the city\x{2019}s under-5 set,
the competition for kindergarten places can rival that of Ivy
League admission.
Emily Glickman, a private school consultant for Abacus Guide
Educational Consulting, which helps parents gain admission to
private schools, said competition had intensified not only for
brand-name schools like Dalton, Collegiate and Trinity but also
for lesser-known and newer schools, as more couples opt to have
two or more children; more families remain in the city rather than
moving to the suburbs; and the wealthy in New York get wealthier.
A bit more on Emily, since I like to know who these sources are:
Emily Glickman - Abacus Guide
http://www.abacusguide.com/about%20Emily%20Glickman.htm
Emily Glickman is the founder and president of Abacus Guide,
experts in admission and achievement at New York City and greater
New York area schools. Emily is an educational consultant who
works with private and corporate clients.
Before founding Abacus Guide in 1999, Emily worked for The
Princeton Review. A life-long New Yorker educated at every level
at New York City schools, Emily attended elementary school at
Packer, high school at Hunter, and college and graduate school
at Columbia. She serves as an alumni interviewer for Columbia
University.
I think this is a post-9/11 trend, call it a mini-boom. People want
more kids. They even perfer to stay in NYC rather than retreating
to the suburbs. Now this could be because a lot of those parents are
more established and other when they're having kids. As usual, I have
no data to back this up.
Now this trend may be cresting (seven years later, folks are on their
second kids, the demographics may be softening in another few years,
relieving the pressure at the pre-K and K levels). So is there still
a business opportunity here?
