Stokes- the last hurrah

[Anonymous]

You will not get a number until the lottery and waitlist is done.

[Anonymous]

If the waitlist is ordered by time stamp, why is there a lottery? why don't they just fill the spaces and then keep the waitlist in the order of applications received? am I missing somethgn? or is it only open slots that are by order of received application and then the waitlist is lottery?

[Anonymous]

The waitlist is set up AFTER the lottery is been performed.

[Anonymous]

when there are more applications then slot a lottery is performed.

Time stamp is for waitlist order only. They do not perform a lottery for waitlist- this is done by timestamp. The lottery is performed for available slots.

[Anonymous]

ok, got it. So even though I didn't submit until 8 pm, I could have a very small chance of being picked in the lottery. but almost no chance of getting in off the waitlist.

[Anonymous]

You got it!

[Anonymous]

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

As an update to those waiting on Stokes. Parents will get emails on April 8th informing us of whether there will be a lottery held, and for which grades. That's what the person in charge of the lottery told me, at least.

[Anonymous]

If a kid needs a Pre-K 4 slot is that treated differently from needing a pre-k 3 slot. I know that both are housed together, but with Pre-k 4ers going to K the following year, is that differentiated from the Pre-k 3ers? Just trying to guage if there all lumped into one group or will my pre-k 4er only be competing with kids that need pre-k 4 slot. I know it's a long shot either way.

[Anonymous]

They have to distinguish between PS3 and PK4, because they can't have 3 times as many PK4 kids - that would be a nightmare when transitioning into K.

Will the email that goes out on Apr 8 go to all parents who applied? Or just current Stokes parents?

I get Stokes wanting to do their own thing, but it is a huge bummer that their lottery is so far behind the others. It's not like they have more to figure out than other schools....

[Anonymous]

The email would go out to all parents who applied for the lottery.

[Anonymous]

They have to distinguish between PS3 and PK4, because they can't have 3 times as many PK4 kids - that would be a nightmare when transitioning into K.

The year my child was in PK4 at Stokes, he was only one of 5 children moving from PK4 into K that year. So the next year- there were more PK-4s and not many PS-3 spots that year. Coincidentally, there were many children that got spots in K that year. So, although your theory makes sense, I'm not sure they can do it exactly balanced between 3 yo and 4 yo.

[Anonymous]

So, do I have a shot needing a Pre-k 4 slot IF I have a single digit WL #? Please humor my hypothetical. I know these annoy people. TIA

[Anonymous]

If you didn't apply on Oct 15th, do you still have a chance?

[Anonymous]

12:12 here again. PP, how do you know what your WL # is? We don't even know if they are having a sibling only lottery at this point. I know that there are many parents with 3 yo's this year with sibling preference-- we don't even know if there are enough spots for all of the siblings at this point. I also have no idea how many rising PK-4's are moving up into K. These 2 factors alone will effect your wait list #. Unless your are hypothetically saying you have a low wait list #, I don't know how you'd have a # yet.

I also know that many people who were down the wait list last year, got calls in the summer (sometimes late summer) and offered spots. So keep positive.