(DNAINFO)  Emily Frost — The demand for neighborhood pre-kindergarten seats is so high that local families seeking spots are being sent to programs as far away as the East Village.

Families waitlisted for local pre-K programs have been offered spots at a program on East 10th Street instead, said D.J. Sheppard, a Department of Education liaison between families and the department.

“I have a couple of families that have been assigned to [East] 10th street… and they live in the [West] 90s,” Sheppard told Community Education Council 3 members at a meeting last week.

Source: UWS Pre-K Students Sent to East Village Due to Overcrowding – Upper West Side – DNAinfo.com New York