Top 5 for K on WL at CCPCS, Stokes, Creative Minds and IT - Pros - Cons?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, somebody has to be lucky, right?

My order of pref would be:

Stokes - because of the language immersion
Cap City - because of the long-standing reputation and experience
IT - great concept, but it's only a year old and doesn't have a permanent location
CM - sounds good, but is totally new

IT is more than a concept - it's had a tremendous first year and it's 14th and Florida location is for the next two school years, at least

Don't get worked up. I think the point here is that it doesn't have a track record. If the OP is interested in retention rates, test scores, exmissions, etc. the jury is still out. I don't think anyone expects poor performance from IT, just that there's no history yet.

especially given the # of ELL and lack of FARMS

Don't worry. At 14th and Florida that will change!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, somebody has to be lucky, right?

My order of pref would be:

Stokes - because of the language immersion
Cap City - because of the long-standing reputation and experience
IT - great concept, but it's only a year old and doesn't have a permanent location
CM - sounds good, but is totally new

IT is more than a concept - it's had a tremendous first year and it's 14th and Florida location is for the next two school years, at least

Don't get worked up. I think the point here is that it doesn't have a track record. If the OP is interested in retention rates, test scores, exmissions, etc. the jury is still out. I don't think anyone expects poor performance from IT, just that there's no history yet.

especially given the # of ELL and lack of FARMS

Don't worry. At 14th and Florida that will change!

but it will take a while. current families and their siblings will need to age out

unless you are saying that the current families will not travel to that location b/c with the 'diversity'

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, somebody has to be lucky, right?

My order of pref would be:

Stokes - because of the language immersion
Cap City - because of the long-standing reputation and experience
IT - great concept, but it's only a year old and doesn't have a permanent location
CM - sounds good, but is totally new

IT is more than a concept - it's had a tremendous first year and it's 14th and Florida location is for the next two school years, at least

Don't get worked up. I think the point here is that it doesn't have a track record. If the OP is interested in retention rates, test scores, exmissions, etc. the jury is still out. I don't think anyone expects poor performance from IT, just that there's no history yet.

especially given the # of ELL and lack of FARMS

Don't worry. At 14th and Florida that will change!

but it will take a while. current families and their siblings will need to age out

unless you are saying that the current families will not travel to that location b/c with the 'diversity'

This confuses me. U Street is crawling with wealthy white people. Yes, there are still some low and middle income in the area, but the average house costs $600k+...

[Anonymous]

For a PP the figure for FARMS at IT is right around the 20% mark. I don't know the figure for ELL, if I had to guess the most common non English language I would guess Amharic. Yes, 20% FARMS sounds really low but in my opinion that doesn't truly reflect the school. A huge population of the parents are teachers. While a teacher's salary would exclude them from qualifying for FARMS it doesn't mean there's nothing but wealthy families at the school. IMHO the school is very diverse in many ways.

[Anonymous]

We all know DC's wealthy families go private. While there are higher income people in U St, most do not have school aged children. There are more low income students like the ones who attend Garrison. IT will pull from all areas but wants to enroll more FARMS and ELL and is hoping the new location will be more convenient for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For a PP the figure for FARMS at IT is right around the 20% mark. I don't know the figure for ELL, if I had to guess the most common non English language I would guess Amharic. Yes, 20% FARMS sounds really low but in my opinion that doesn't truly reflect the school. A huge population of the parents are teachers. While a teacher's salary would exclude them from qualifying for FARMS it doesn't mean there's nothing but wealthy families at the school. IMHO the school is very diverse in many ways.

But when someone is asking about performance - of course IT is going to hit it out of the park (or at least should be expected to). The number of low-income and ELL are much lower than the rest of DCPS and most of the charters (of course except for Yu Ying).

[Anonymous]

Speaking of Garrison, I'm curious as to why it hasn't improved in the same way that Ross has?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, somebody has to be lucky, right?

My order of pref would be:

Stokes - because of the language immersion
Cap City - because of the long-standing reputation and experience
IT - great concept, but it's only a year old and doesn't have a permanent location
CM - sounds good, but is totally new

IT is more than a concept - it's had a tremendous first year and it's 14th and Florida location is for the next two school years, at least

Don't get worked up. I think the point here is that it doesn't have a track record. If the OP is interested in retention rates, test scores, exmissions, etc. the jury is still out. I don't think anyone expects poor performance from IT, just that there's no history yet.

especially given the # of ELL and lack of FARMS

Don't worry. At 14th and Florida that will change!

but it will take a while. current families and their siblings will need to age out

unless you are saying that the current families will not travel to that location b/c with the 'diversity'

This confuses me. U Street is crawling with wealthy white people. Yes, there are still some low and middle income in the area, but the average house costs $600k+...

This is Meridian's old location, which was >75% FARMS, so clearly there are a lot of families in the neighborhood who do not believe they're being served by DCPS. They can reasonably be expected to be happy to have a new, high quality school move in.

[Anonymous]

Meridian is still going to be around the corner with a much nicer building so I am guessing most Meridian families will stay there.

And just because a household is in a 500-600k house doesn't mean they have $30k a year for private. I know we do not bit we don't qualify for FARM either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He is of the top 5 on the waitlist for Cap City PCS, Stokes, Creative Minds and Inspired Teaching. I am pretty confident that it'll definitely be among, CM, IT and CCPCS (although I think that we have a good chance at Stokes too). Thanks!

HUH? Did some money change hands? No one gets that lucky five times.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:He is of the top 5 on the waitlist for Cap City PCS, Stokes, Creative Minds and Inspired Teaching. I am pretty confident that it'll definitely be among, CM, IT and CCPCS (although I think that we have a good chance at Stokes too). Thanks!

HUH? Did some money change hands? No one gets that lucky five times.

There are only 4 schools. Stokes is first come, first waitlist so no luck there, just being there early. IT opened a 2nd K class so the chances for that grade are better. CM is a new school, so chances are better. CC is expanding so the chances are better too. So yes the OP is lucky, but it's not unbelieveable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:He is of the top 5 on the waitlist for Cap City PCS, Stokes, Creative Minds and Inspired Teaching. I am pretty confident that it'll definitely be among, CM, IT and CCPCS (although I think that we have a good chance at Stokes too). Thanks!

HUH? Did some money change hands? No one gets that lucky five times.

There are only 4 schools. Stokes is first come, first waitlist so no luck there, just being there early. IT opened a 2nd K class so the chances for that grade are better. CM is a new school, so chances are better. CC is expanding so the chances are better too. So yes the OP is lucky, but it's not unbelieveable.

FYI - Stokes still has to do a lottery to fill its classes, it is just the waiting list that is structured by first come first serve...

[Anonymous]

Yes and OP is in top 5 WL at Stokes so that means she got that good number because she was there early, nothing to do with luck as PP mentioned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meridian is still going to be around the corner with a much nicer building so I am guessing most Meridian families will stay there.

And just because a household is in a 500-600k house doesn't mean they have $30k a year for private. I know we do not bit we don't qualify for FARM either.

Sure, but the point is that the same community of families who are attracted to Meridian - and perhaps didn't get in - now have another option right around the corner. And everyone knows of that option and is going to be talking about. Of course they're going to apply.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Meridian is still going to be around the corner with a much nicer building so I am guessing most Meridian families will stay there.

And just because a household is in a 500-600k house doesn't mean they have $30k a year for private. I know we do not bit we don't qualify for FARM either.

Sure, but the point is that the same community of families who are attracted to Meridian - and perhaps didn't get in - now have another option right around the corner. And everyone knows of that option and is going to be talking about. Of course they're going to apply.

Unlikely. Meridian has an entirely different approach than IT. Just because it's in the same neighborhood, doesn't make it attractive or competitive. Note all the families in DC who don't attend the schools in their own neighborhood. Convenience doesn't lead to attendance.