Shut out from charter lotteries

[Anonymous]

Anyone else? Less than a 10% chance of getting in to any one school aren't great odds. What are you going to do?

[Anonymous]

Happened to us 2 years in a row. We moved.

[Anonymous]

We have a ridiculous decision tree, with moving at the very bottom -- we'll probably give our local DCPS (Cooke) a shot first.

[Anonymous]

had haynes had their lottery yet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a ridiculous decision tree, with moving at the very bottom -- we'll probably give our local DCPS (Cooke) a shot first.

are you any wait lists, like appletree, maybe?

[Anonymous]

haynes lottery was this am, apr 10

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a ridiculous decision tree, with moving at the very bottom -- we'll probably give our local DCPS (Cooke) a shot first.

are you any wait lists, like appletree, maybe?

Appletree has already had their lottery, but Bridges' deadline is still a week or two away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a ridiculous decision tree, with moving at the very bottom -- we'll probably give our local DCPS (Cooke) a shot first.

are you any wait lists, like appletree, maybe?

Appletree has already had their lottery, but Bridges' deadline is still a week or two away.

I'd go to Cooke over Appletree or Bridges. There are so many middle-class neighborhood parents who are probably going to Cooke for PS-3 this fall (even more than last year) that I think you'll find Cooke to be a very nice place for your child. Even if your decision tree eventually ends up with moving, why not give Cooke a chance for a few year and wait to move when the market is not so bad for selling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a ridiculous decision tree, with moving at the very bottom -- we'll probably give our local DCPS (Cooke) a shot first.

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UMMMM....did you get into Cooke? They have a pretty long waitlist too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a ridiculous decision tree, with moving at the very bottom -- we'll probably give our local DCPS (Cooke) a shot first.

are you any wait lists, like appletree, maybe?

Appletree has already had their lottery, but Bridges' deadline is still a week or two away.

I'd go to Cooke over Appletree or Bridges. There are so many middle-class neighborhood parents who are probably going to Cooke for PS-3 this fall (even more than last year) that I think you'll find Cooke to be a very nice place for your child. Even if your decision tree eventually ends up with moving, why not give Cooke a chance for a few year and wait to move when the market is not so bad for selling.

The charter class sizes are smaller and the teachers have Master's degrees.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have a ridiculous decision tree, with moving at the very bottom -- we'll probably give our local DCPS (Cooke) a shot first.

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UMMMM....did you get into Cooke? They have a pretty long waitlist too.

I think this poster is in-boundary, so no need to worry about the lottery at K and up. That said, did Cook have a waitlist for in-boundary families for pre-k and/or pre-S (I am not in boundary, just curious)?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a ridiculous decision tree, with moving at the very bottom -- we'll probably give our local DCPS (Cooke) a shot first.

are you any wait lists, like appletree, maybe?

Appletree has already had their lottery, but Bridges' deadline is still a week or two away.

I'd go to Cooke over Appletree or Bridges. There are so many middle-class neighborhood parents who are probably going to Cooke for PS-3 this fall (even more than last year) that I think you'll find Cooke to be a very nice place for your child. Even if your decision tree eventually ends up with moving, why not give Cooke a chance for a few year and wait to move when the market is not so bad for selling.

The charter class sizes are smaller and the teachers have Master's degrees.

my daughter's teacher at Appletree did not have a master's (great teacher, btw). and the class size there is exactly the same as dcps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have a ridiculous decision tree, with moving at the very bottom -- we'll probably give our local DCPS (Cooke) a shot first.

'

UMMMM....did you get into Cooke? They have a pretty long waitlist too.

I think this poster is in-boundary, so no need to worry about the lottery at K and up. That said, did Cook have a waitlist for in-boundary families for pre-k and/or pre-S (I am not in boundary, just curious)?

If I remember correctly, only one IB family got waitlisted for PS - they were bumped by some OOB families with sibling preference.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have a ridiculous decision tree, with moving at the very bottom -- we'll probably give our local DCPS (Cooke) a shot first.

are you any wait lists, like appletree, maybe?

Appletree has already had their lottery, but Bridges' deadline is still a week or two away.

I'd go to Cooke over Appletree or Bridges. There are so many middle-class neighborhood parents who are probably going to Cooke for PS-3 this fall (even more than last year) that I think you'll find Cooke to be a very nice place for your child. Even if your decision tree eventually ends up with moving, why not give Cooke a chance for a few year and wait to move when the market is not so bad for selling.

The charter class sizes are smaller and the teachers have Master's degrees.

my daughter's teacher at Appletree did not have a master's (great teacher, btw). and the class size there is exactly the same as dcps.

I cannot speak to Appletree, but it is true that Bridges has smaller class sizes and the leads do all have master's degrees. It is a component of the specialized school model.

[Anonymous]

What does "smaller" mean? Cooke's PS classes have 15 kids and two teachers each.