schools with good PK3-K programs with decent odds of getting in without a preference?

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you want a real safety school you can be sure to get into, add Imagine Hope Lamond. We visited their PK3 classes, and felt much better about it than anything you'd read on these boards. The teachers and administrators were both warm, and the kids were well behaved. [/quote]

Did you visit during the 2013-2014 school-year?[/quote]

I would say the same for Imagine Hope Tolson. I visited this past year & I was pleasantly surprised. It seems as good as or better than many of the DCPS I have visited. They have a bunch of spots still open for PS3 this year, so seems like a good bet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is your interest in the school beyond PK? Or are you just looking for free daycare?
I'm all for OOB parents joining our school, but not particularly interested in bringing in people who aren't interested in truly growing the school.

Ideally, we'll get into a school that is already good throughout the elementary grades and will put several of those on our list, but odds are not great because everyone wants those schools. I'm also looking for "safety" schools that are good for PK-3 through K, and would volunteer at the school and consider staying longer if it works for our family.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you want a real safety school you can be sure to get into, add Imagine Hope Lamond. We visited their PK3 classes, and felt much better about it than anything you'd read on these boards. The teachers and administrators were both warm, and the kids were well behaved. [/quote]

Did you visit during the 2013-2014 school-year?[/quote]
Yes - we visited in May of this year.

[Anonymous]

We just finished PS3 at Bethune. It was great! We will be back in the fall. Teachers were engaged and responsive, Principals were approachable. I would recommend it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sela? Takoma? To be honest most DCPS do PS3 and PK4 well. Appletree has an excellent pre school program and isn't that hard to get in to (depending on campus), though it's not close to Fort Totten.

Takoma actually filled with in bound preschool kids for fall. So it's no longer a viable safety if oob.

[Anonymous]

CAPS on 13th & Allison St NW

[Anonymous]

Hope (Lamond and Tolson campuses)

[Anonymous]

John Burroughs has slots.

[Anonymous]

Do white kids enroll in PS/PK at Hope Lamond? Not sure I'd want DC to be an only.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is your interest in the school beyond PK? Or are you just looking for free daycare?
I'm all for OOB parents joining our school, but not particularly interested in bringing in people who aren't interested in truly growing the school.

Ideally, we'll get into a school that is already good throughout the elementary grades and will put several of those on our list, but odds are not great because everyone wants those schools. I'm also looking for "safety" schools that are good for PK-3 through K, and would volunteer at the school and consider staying longer if it works for our family.

So, this is about free daycare then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do white kids enroll in PS/PK at Hope Lamond? Not sure I'd want DC to be an only.

Go jump off a cliff

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:John Burroughs has slots.

Really? Last I checked pk3 had filed up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do white kids enroll in PS/PK at Hope Lamond? Not sure I'd want DC to be an only.

Blah. This is way too simplistic a comment. We are "an only" and it's a non-issue. But then again, we are not racist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do white kids enroll in PS/PK at Hope Lamond? Not sure I'd want DC to be an only.

Blah. This is way too simplistic a comment. We are "an only" and it's a non-issue. But then again, we are not racist.

Your response is pretty simplistic as well.

[Anonymous]

Race really doesn't matter much to most to 3 year olds. Beyond noticing that people have different color skin, unless they're being raised by complete racists, they're not really going to have formed many thoughts about it.