2024 Lottery Results

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Anonymous wrote:K: In at SWS

3rd Grade
SWS: #1 (sibling offered)
Maury: #3 (proximity)
Ludlow Taylor: #15
Payne: #11
Tyler: #6

Seems like a great lottery year for you then?

I appreciate that a random process will result in this, but one household getting two great lottery numbers seems so unreal.

For the love of god, please take 10 minutes and go to My School DC and watch a few videos and read the FAQs. every school does not run its own independent lottery. PPP did not get a bunch of great numbers at different schools. They have a great master number, which is the only number they have. Just like everyone else has only one number.

Holy overreaction based on own reading comprehension failure Batman

[Anonymous]

I think you have to decide how important the MS feed is to your decision (esp if you might lottery again from either anyway) and how much you prefer Hardy to SH.

On their own terms, I would go LT over Hyde. I have experience with kids at both and both are good schools, but per your OP, LT has way more of a community feel. And it’s a nice and inclusive community at that. The people I know at Hyde think it’s perfectly good and are killing time until middle school. It’s just a completely different vibe. LT kids have sleepovers most weekends; Hyde kids & families don’t socialize anywhere near as much outside of school. LT families are friends in a way Hyde families aren’t.

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Anonymous wrote:One of my waitlist numbers oddly enough has already changed. For the worse.

Didn’t think they changed that until May. That already bums me out.

Not odd. Sibling or other preferences coming into play

I was under the assumption nothing really changed until May. Nobody at central office did any updating until then. Clearly I was wrong. Just stinks to see the number get worse already.

Once the lottery results come out, anyone can add and re-order schools that they weren't initially waitlisted for on match day. For example, if Sibling #1 gets into School A (ranked 3rd, so waitlisted at two other schools) but Sibling #2 gets into School B (ranked 1st, waitlisted at no schools), the family might add School A to Sibling #2's list of schools so that there's a chance that they may attend the same school.

Ahh this makes sense. Ugh. I was feeling great at 10:30pm yesterday. Not I’m feeling meh.

Welp, now we wait.

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Can someone let me know where to find the data that shows the percentage of IB vs OOB students at a school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone let me know where to find the data that shows the percentage of IB vs OOB students at a school?

Here you are: https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiYjA5ZmM4Y2MtZThmOC00YjVkLTkwN2EtMzIwNzU2MjYwNmZkIiwidCI6IjJhYTA0NmVlLWIzNGUtNGEzMy05MmI3LTk5OWRmMmJjMGEzMiIsImMiOjF9&pageName=ReportSection

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone let me know where to find the data that shows the percentage of IB vs OOB students at a school?

Here you are: https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiYjA5ZmM4Y2MtZThmOC00YjVkLTkwN2EtMzIwNzU2MjYwNmZkIiwidCI6IjJhYTA0NmVlLWIzNGUtNGEzMy05MmI3LTk5OWRmMmJjMGEzMiIsImMiOjF9&pageName=ReportSection

Thanks so much!

[1SWMom]

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Anonymous wrote:Can any lottery veterans please shed light into when the waitlist moves? Obviously there would be movement by the enrollment deadline (May 1) but hopefully I don't manically check every day before then..

Please don’t check until May!
Unless you have a connection the list will not update until right before that date or even 2 days after.
After May the list will update regularly all the way until October.

This is the correct advice and yet I will check many times between now and May, as though by some magic I can will the lists to move early. I know I'm not alone, too. Some of us are crazy.

lol, I’m telling you all the paperwork is
Processed by central at the same time they don’t do the first update until May 1st or even right after people who had properly enrolled didn’t see their account info update for over a week in some cases and were going crazy, good luck on movement and getting a the choice you desire.

I know you're right, this is not my first rodeo. I just also know I will wind up logging in to look periodically anyway. I'll also probably submit post-lottery applications, in some cases just to see what waitlists at those schools look like. At this point I just accept that this is how I cope with the limited control one has over the lottery results, and try to laugh about it even though I know it's all futile.

I understand, we are the clowns in this circus, all we can do is laugh and think about moving to Europe!!
Sending you lottery waitlist fairy dust for movement and a good match.

[1SWMom]

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Anonymous wrote:IB for Tyler. Only put Brent on the list because it's a closer walk and better school than Tyler for 3rd grade. WL under 10.

Don’t forget about the upcoming Brent reno/swing space.

Definitely considered it.

Tyler/Chisolm will be swinging too.
Brent is first, but who knows with construction.

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Anonymous wrote:Honest question: we matched at Sela (we put it lower on our list but we speak the language at home, so that would actually be a bonus) and got #15 WL at SWWFS. Prior years suggests little movement off the list before August or even October, but that this result is fairly likely to get an admissions offer. SWWFS is slightly easier from a commute perspective, though not necessarily enough to make a difference, especially with the van service from our neighborhood to Sela.
A few questions for the hive mind:

--This is our first lottery. How secure is a "match" if we don't enroll until much later?

--if the WL offers go as late as October...what do people tend to do in August and September?

--most importantly - feeder status aside for a moment - is there a clear academic choice at the PK and elementary level? are there any issues with either that would give the other an advantage? Looking at the rankings and assessments (such as they are), I'm not sure ...

I’m not sure about the after care situation at Key. I don’t think it’s guaranteed.
I love Sela, our child loves Sela, and it has been fantastic in generally every way. The only reason we are (considering) leaving is to secure a middle school feeder pattern. I would regret leaving though

Did you lottery and match somewhere else? Where?

Curious to know (if you’ll tell) what school you’d leave Sela for.

Yes. I was a poster above. We matched at Key, and plan to enroll unless we get in a waitlist school of

Shepherd (WL # 7)
Lafayette (WL # 4)
Mann (WL # 1)
Murch (WL # 3)
Janney (WL # 3)

Which are really just ordered in terms of commute. All wonderful schools.

We're EOTP, zoned for Wells (fine) and Coolidge (currently not fine). I'd rather enroll in a good feeder now then face getting shut out in 5th and 6th and having to move (if we could even afford it). If we could be assured Deal/Basis/Latin/Hardy, then we'd stay at Sela through 5th.

Oh man, crossing fingers you get Shepherd because the commute to Key seems like it would be ROUGH.

Luckily I have a large podcast backlog. History of Rome time

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:K: In at SWS

3rd Grade
SWS: #1 (sibling offered)
Maury: #3 (proximity)
Ludlow Taylor: #15
Payne: #11
Tyler: #6

Seems like a great lottery year for you then?

I appreciate that a random process will result in this, but one household getting two great lottery numbers seems so unreal.

For the love of god, please take 10 minutes and go to My School DC and watch a few videos and read the FAQs. every school does not run its own independent lottery. PPP did not get a bunch of great numbers at different schools. They have a great master number, which is the only number they have. Just like everyone else has only one number.

Holy overreaction based on own reading comprehension failure Batman

I’m the poster who noted the enviable lottery results. The prior poster has 2 kids. The PK4er obviously had a good “master number.” The 2d grader, based on the LT, Payne, and Tyler results, had a good master number as well. That was the cluster I noted

Is there anything I missed?

[Anonymous]

My rising 6th grader got waitlisted at all 12 choices. Most are over #65. Our best lottery position is #32 at inspired teaching. Anyone know if we have a chance there? Past data says maybe, but wasn’t sure if anyone on here knows more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My rising 6th grader got waitlisted at all 12 choices. Most are over #65. Our best lottery position is #32 at inspired teaching. Anyone know if we have a chance there? Past data says maybe, but wasn’t sure if anyone on here knows more.

It really just depends on how many people leave for 6th grade (like are they IB for Deal or Hardy and prefer it? Did they get into Latin?). I think you'll be stressing until September, unfortunately.

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Anonymous wrote:My rising 6th grader got waitlisted at all 12 choices. Most are over #65. Our best lottery position is #32 at inspired teaching. Anyone know if we have a chance there? Past data says maybe, but wasn’t sure if anyone on here knows more.

It really just depends on how many people leave for 6th grade (like are they IB for Deal or Hardy and prefer it? Did they get into Latin?). I think you'll be stressing until September, unfortunately.

I agree, it may happen but not soon. Last few years might have been easier because a lot of people left from ITDS for 6th grade at Latin Cooper. But that's much harder to get into now. And ITDS tends to move their list late.

What are your next best numbers?

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Anonymous wrote:K: In at SWS

3rd Grade
SWS: #1 (sibling offered)
Maury: #3 (proximity)
Ludlow Taylor: #15
Payne: #11
Tyler: #6

Seems like a great lottery year for you then?

I appreciate that a random process will result in this, but one household getting two great lottery numbers seems so unreal.

For the love of god, please take 10 minutes and go to My School DC and watch a few videos and read the FAQs. every school does not run its own independent lottery. PPP did not get a bunch of great numbers at different schools. They have a great master number, which is the only number they have. Just like everyone else has only one number.

Holy overreaction based on own reading comprehension failure Batman

I’m the poster who noted the enviable lottery results. The prior poster has 2 kids. The PK4er obviously had a good “master number.” The 2d grader, based on the LT, Payne, and Tyler results, had a good master number as well. That was the cluster I noted

Is there anything I missed?

No, your read was obviously correct. I don't know why the rude PP thought you were saying that someone had gotten different lottery numbers for different schools, for the same kid. It was obvious from your comment what you were saying, and I agree -- as someone with perennially bad lottery look, it's crazy to me to see someone who managed to nab good lottery numbers for two kids at the same time (even though, yes, statistically this is as likely to happen as getting two bad lottery numbers for your kids in the same year, which definitely also happens).

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Anonymous wrote:My rising 6th grader got waitlisted at all 12 choices. Most are over #65. Our best lottery position is #32 at inspired teaching. Anyone know if we have a chance there? Past data says maybe, but wasn’t sure if anyone on here knows more.

It really just depends on how many people leave for 6th grade (like are they IB for Deal or Hardy and prefer it? Did they get into Latin?). I think you'll be stressing until September, unfortunately.

I agree, it may happen but not soon. Last few years might have been easier because a lot of people left from ITDS for 6th grade at Latin Cooper. But that's much harder to get into now. And ITDS tends to move their list late.

What are your next best numbers?

Sojourner Truth - #52. Everything else is between 66 (Cap Hill Montessori) and 342 (Latin)