Shining Stars for PK4
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Anonymous
| We are 50 on the Shining Stars waitlist for PK4. It has moved a lot already, do people think there is any hope of getting in? I can see they made 63 PK4 offers last year. |
Anonymous
| Is 50 your new number or your original number? |
Anonymous
| Last year was quite different because they moved to a new location. Probably more movement on the waitlist because of that. You will probably not get an offer if you are still as high as 50, but I don't know for sure. |
Anonymous
50 was the original number, now in the high 20s. |
Anonymous
If you're now in the high 20s, I do think it's quite possible. SSMA is opening another classroom, which is leading to some of the movement. But I'd imagine yours wouldn't come until September. We're in a similar spot. We started in the high 30s and am now in teens. We're anxious for a spot too. |
Anonymous
| The new classroom is lower elementary (grades 1 - 3); however, the fact that Shining Stars has 5 primary classrooms really does move the list along. |
Anonymous
Wow, that's a lot. We are in the upper 60s now, any hope? |
Anonymous
This is PP. Hmm. I was told SSMA has 6 primary classrooms this year and is opening a 7th. |
Anonymous
| How many of each grade are in a classroom? |
Anonymous
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This is the person from before - they might be opening another primary room; I've only heard about the upper elementary one. Anyway, this is what's on the "staff" page of the website:
Primary (PK3 - K): Angelou Stars Bethune Stars Gandhi Stars Mandela Stars Montessori Stars Chavez Stars Lower Elementary Maathai Stars Keller Stars Upper Elementary Hughes Stars |
Anonymous
Wow... this would seem to indicate a lot of attrition. |
Anonymous
| How so? |
Anonymous
If you are talking about numbers of rooms, this is typical in all montessoris. They always count on an inverted pyramid organization. |
Anonymous
Some attrition - per the last PMF it was 80% retention. But it really suggests to me that they were in a small/incubator facility and opened new classes when they moved. |
Anonymous
So how many incoming PK3s each year, and how many 6th graders? It is not unusual for DC schools to have a pyramid enrollment shape as people tend to move as their children grow. But still, a 4:1 or 3:1 ratio is more normal. |