Despite widely-voiced hopes of a formal response from the DOE on the preK imbroglio, there's no real news on that front today, and not much consolation for worried parents.

Representatives say that parents who received offers for their children should go ahead with registration, and say that the application review that's been underway these past many days is ongoing. Discouraging non-news, to say the least.

Time for the afternoon mail? Keep us posted.