Critique my list! (or give thoughts)

[Anonymous]

Surprised not to see Bancroft listed if you care about feeder and bilingual. Or Powell if you want bilingual with a shorter commute. You won't get in anyway so maybe it doesn't matter, but I don't see why you would switch from a school you like to breakthrough (which also has no feeder) so maybe pick one of these instead?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You have zero shot at preK4 in the NW DCPS schools. They can’t even accommodate all of the IB students and the preK slots will be filled with siblings. So it really doesn’t matter what order you put those in. I would not bother including them at all.

Not impossible.

-PP above with a PK4 student at a Deal feeder

You are PK4 OOB, no sibling, no Spanish dom at one of the above schools? I guess I could maybe see Shepherd, but even that seems unlikely for PK.

Yes. Not Shepherd. And we actually got two different offers last year, one on match day and one later.

Sorry- one was not one of those schools, but a Deal feeder.

[Anonymous]

Take Lafayette off! They’re already overcrowded.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You have zero shot at preK4 in the NW DCPS schools. They can’t even accommodate all of the IB students and the preK slots will be filled with siblings. So it really doesn’t matter what order you put those in. I would not bother including them at all.

Not impossible.

-PP above with a PK4 student at a Deal feeder

You are PK4 OOB, no sibling, no Spanish dom at one of the above schools? I guess I could maybe see Shepherd, but even that seems unlikely for PK.

Yes. Not Shepherd. And we actually got two different offers last year, one on match day and one later.

Impressive! I did not think this was possible at Lafayette, Murch or Oyster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Take Lafayette off! They’re already overcrowded.

lol

[Anonymous]

john Lewis is a good school. MS and HS may be similar to your current MS/HS?

[Anonymous]

Put Oyster Lafayette higher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Surprised not to see Bancroft listed if you care about feeder and bilingual. Or Powell if you want bilingual with a shorter commute. You won't get in anyway so maybe it doesn't matter, but I don't see why you would switch from a school you like to breakthrough (which also has no feeder) so maybe pick one of these instead?

Powell doesn’t have a good middle school, so point adding it to the list.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You have zero shot at preK4 in the NW DCPS schools. They can’t even accommodate all of the IB students and the preK slots will be filled with siblings. So it really doesn’t matter what order you put those in. I would not bother including them at all.

Not impossible.

-PP above with a PK4 student at a Deal feeder

You are PK4 OOB, no sibling, no Spanish dom at one of the above schools? I guess I could maybe see Shepherd, but even that seems unlikely for PK.

Yes. Not Shepherd. And we actually got two different offers last year, one on match day and one later.

Impressive! I did not think this was possible at Lafayette, Murch or Oyster.

We also got a PK4 offer at a WTOP school. I think the pandemic decreased PK classes this year because people were so worried about class closures/schools reclosing/etc. I bet next year is more normal though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Surprised not to see Bancroft listed if you care about feeder and bilingual. Or Powell if you want bilingual with a shorter commute. You won't get in anyway so maybe it doesn't matter, but I don't see why you would switch from a school you like to breakthrough (which also has no feeder) so maybe pick one of these instead?

Powell doesn’t have a good middle school, so point adding it to the list.

If OP cares about dual language and wants a short commute, it makes sense...arguably more sense than breakthrough. She can still use her inbounds MS if she doesn't want MacFarland in 2030, though I think it's hard to predict what each school would be like by then or what other options there will be.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Reset the list and removed Breakthrough since yes, same issues as where we are now.

I am beginning to think if we got into Lewis, Takoma, Whittier - why not just stay where we are now unless we think the school/culture/neighborhood community vibe is better than where he goes now.

LAMB
Yu Ying
DCB
Shepherd
Lafayette
Murch
Oyster
Bancroft
Lewis (MS/HS would still be an issue)
Whittier
Takoma
Cap City

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You have zero shot at preK4 in the NW DCPS schools. They can’t even accommodate all of the IB students and the preK slots will be filled with siblings. So it really doesn’t matter what order you put those in. I would not bother including them at all.

Not impossible.

-PP above with a PK4 student at a Deal feeder

You are PK4 OOB, no sibling, no Spanish dom at one of the above schools? I guess I could maybe see Shepherd, but even that seems unlikely for PK.

Yes. Not Shepherd. And we actually got two different offers last year, one on match day and one later.

Impressive! I did not think this was possible at Lafayette, Murch or Oyster.

We also got a PK4 offer at a WTOP school. I think the pandemic decreased PK classes this year because people were so worried about class closures/schools reclosing/etc. I bet next year is more normal though.

Wow, good to know. Keep them on the list OP!

I would reorder the DCPS schools to prioritize feeder patterns. But I would also really think hard about commute. We commute to a WOTP school (also a beneficiary of more open slots last year in later grades!) and it has taken a toll even though it’s only about 10-15 minutes and a nice drive through the park. I would not want to go any farther and still sometimes fantasize about returning to our walkable IB.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Surprised not to see Bancroft listed if you care about feeder and bilingual. Or Powell if you want bilingual with a shorter commute. You won't get in anyway so maybe it doesn't matter, but I don't see why you would switch from a school you like to breakthrough (which also has no feeder) so maybe pick one of these instead?

Powell doesn’t have a good middle school, so point adding it to the list.

If OP cares about dual language and wants a short commute, it makes sense...arguably more sense than breakthrough. She can still use her inbounds MS if she doesn't want MacFarland in 2030, though I think it's hard to predict what each school would be like by then or what other options there will be.

Op MS is probably MacFarland.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You have zero shot at preK4 in the NW DCPS schools. They can’t even accommodate all of the IB students and the preK slots will be filled with siblings. So it really doesn’t matter what order you put those in. I would not bother including them at all.

Not impossible.

-PP above with a PK4 student at a Deal feeder

You are PK4 OOB, no sibling, no Spanish dom at one of the above schools? I guess I could maybe see Shepherd, but even that seems unlikely for PK.

Yes. Not Shepherd. And we actually got two different offers last year, one on match day and one later.

Impressive! I did not think this was possible at Lafayette, Murch or Oyster.

We also got a PK4 offer at a WTOP school. I think the pandemic decreased PK classes this year because people were so worried about class closures/schools reclosing/etc. I bet next year is more normal though.

Wow, good to know. Keep them on the list OP!

I would reorder the DCPS schools to prioritize feeder patterns. But I would also really think hard about commute. We commute to a WOTP school (also a beneficiary of more open slots last year in later grades!) and it has taken a toll even though it’s only about 10-15 minutes and a nice drive through the park. I would not want to go any farther and still sometimes fantasize about returning to our walkable IB.

Woops disregard the first part - posted after your reordering!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Reset the list and removed Breakthrough since yes, same issues as where we are now.

I am beginning to think if we got into Lewis, Takoma, Whittier - why not just stay where we are now unless we think the school/culture/neighborhood community vibe is better than where he goes now.

LAMB
Yu Ying
DCB
Shepherd
Lafayette
Murch
Oyster
Bancroft
Lewis (MS/HS would still be an issue)
Whittier
Takoma
Cap City

Makes sense, unless you prefer cap city for MS and HS to wells and Coolidge. I would also put oyster and Bancroft above the monolingual wotp schools, but that's your preference and it's unlikely to matter given the extremely long odds for admission at any of those schools.