PreK3 Waitlist Question & Predictions

[Anonymous]

We received what we think is a decent waitlist position for a preK3 spot.

We are #40 for Two Rivers 4th.

Previous years for reference:
(Total Waitlist, Offer By June, by August, by October)

22-23 (127, 10, 19, 49)
21-22 (148, 9, 17, 56)
20-21 (170, 8, 17, 30)
19-20 (NA, 6, 6, 20)

I’m guessing that we have a chance by the fall. But as a FTM I don’t fully understand how the waitlists move. Does 10 waitlist offers mean they offered through waitlist spot #10 or can it mean they are deeper in the list?

Fortunately we are happy with our daycare and they have a preschool program. But a school spot would take the financial pressure off because we’ve been delaying having our second. We’re at a place now where we could play double daycare but it’s not ideal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Previous years for reference:
(Total Waitlist, Offer By June, by August, by October)

23-24 (127, 10, 19, 49)
22-23 (148, 9, 17, 56)
21-22 (170, 8, 17, 30)
20-21 (NA, 6, 6, 20)

OP here editing the years because I didn’t have my coffee yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We received what we think is a decent waitlist position for a preK3 spot.

We are #40 for Two Rivers 4th.

Previous years for reference:
(Total Waitlist, Offer By June, by August, by October)

22-23 (127, 10, 19, 49)
21-22 (148, 9, 17, 56)
20-21 (170, 8, 17, 30)
19-20 (NA, 6, 6, 20)

I’m guessing that we have a chance by the fall. But as a FTM I don’t fully understand how the waitlists move. Does 10 waitlist offers mean they offered through waitlist spot #10 or can it mean they are deeper in the list?

Fortunately we are happy with our daycare and they have a preschool program. But a school spot would take the financial pressure off because we’ve been delaying having our second. We’re at a place now where we could play double daycare but it’s not ideal.

More or less but it isn't a sure thing that the person who was #10 on match day was offered a spot. A few things can affect your spot:
- People ahead of you could decide that they are happy with their spot and take themselves off the waitlist so you move forward
- A sibling in a higher grade could get an offer and that would put a sibling on the PK3 waitlist ahead of you

Remember also that the closer it gets to end of August the more likely it is that a school will need to make multiple offers before someone takes the spot. So the fact that they made ten offers doesn't necessarily mean they had ten spots open up- they might have offered the spot to ten people before one took it