Fundraising

[Anonymous]

Why don't you look at the 990s for the PTAs? If you care some much about this, how did that not occur to you?

But note that schools where the PTAs provide aftercare are going to take in much more than schools where aftercare is provided by an outside contractor.

Also, you suck and you're probably not going to get in anywhere you want anyway. Either move WOTP, leave for the suburbs (you're going to do it eventually) or learn to love your IB school and start raising money for it.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thank you for the helpful posts about DCPS schools. We live inbound to Burroughs. I did not intend my post to sound elitist or silly, but parental involvement and school administration efficacy are important to my family. While other posters may be constrained by commute or school location, those are not factors for us where we are really focused on enrolling our child in a highly engaged and responsive school. Thank you for the DCPS list to research in more detail. Are there any recommendations for charter schools that fit our criteria?

[Anonymous]

Wow, a neighbor of mine. Hope we don't cross paths at the park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you for the helpful posts about DCPS schools. We live inbound to Burroughs. I did not intend my post to sound elitist or silly, but parental involvement and school administration efficacy are important to my family. While other posters may be constrained by commute or school location, those are not factors for us where we are really focused on enrolling our child in a highly engaged and responsive school. Thank you for the DCPS list to research in more detail. Are there any recommendations for charter schools that fit our criteria?

OP, are you planning to move? Because that's the only way you'll get into these schools.

[Anonymous]

The elementary charters that raise quite a bit of money are:

LAMB
Inspired Teaching
Creative Minds
Mundo Verde

None are going to be easy to lottery into, but I suppose you have nothing to lose by trying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you for the helpful posts about DCPS schools. We live inbound to Burroughs. I did not intend my post to sound elitist or silly, but parental involvement and school administration efficacy are important to my family. While other posters may be constrained by commute or school location, those are not factors for us where we are really focused on enrolling our child in a highly engaged and responsive school. Thank you for the DCPS list to research in more detail. Are there any recommendations for charter schools that fit our criteria?

You sound awful OP. I kind of hope you end up with a poor lottery number just because.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you for the helpful posts about DCPS schools. We live inbound to Burroughs. I did not intend my post to sound elitist or silly, but parental involvement and school administration efficacy are important to my family. While other posters may be constrained by commute or school location, those are not factors for us where we are really focused on enrolling our child in a highly engaged and responsive school. Thank you for the DCPS list to research in more detail. Are there any recommendations for charter schools that fit our criteria?

OP, are you planning to move? Because that's the only way you'll get into these schools.

It is unlikely to get into any non-citywide DCPS in Kindergarten, particularly those west of the park (the "higher fundraising" schools), but after I started to pull the numbers, I see that it isn't impossible. Because all kindergartners have "by right" attendance, I think I'm correct in assuming that all those pull off of waitlists are out of boundary. What I don't know is how many of those are out of boundary siblings (who would have preference), who got pulled in by a 3, 4, 5th grade sibling.

This year did seem to be a "good" year for 1st grade admissions at charters and DCPS, but most charters only open seats from attrition for kindergarten.

Looking at the wait list data, by October, city wide DCPS and Charters in your vicinity here admitted kindergartners as follows:

Capitol Hill Montessori: 9
School with a School: 2
YY: 1
LAMB: Doesn't take at K
CMI: 15
TR4: 14
TRY: 18
ITS: 35
DCB: 39
Bridges: 40
MV: 6
Shining Stars: 40
DC Prep Edgewood: 2
Cap City: 7
EL Haynes: 8
Lee: 1
Stokes F: 7
Stokes S: 15

Interestingly here are some of the DCPS numbers off waitlists. I'm surprised that there were any! Maybe someone over there knows better.
Janney: 8
Key: 4
Lafayette: 2
Mann: 6
Murch: 3
Shepherd: 18
Ross: 3

Your highest SES "safety" in your vicinity is likely Sela. They had no K waitlist this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you for the helpful posts about DCPS schools. We live inbound to Burroughs. I did not intend my post to sound elitist or silly, but parental involvement and school administration efficacy are important to my family. While other posters may be constrained by commute or school location, those are not factors for us where we are really focused on enrolling our child in a highly engaged and responsive school. Thank you for the DCPS list to research in more detail. Are there any recommendations for charter schools that fit our criteria?

OP, are you planning to move? Because that's the only way you'll get into these schools.

It is unlikely to get into any non-citywide DCPS in Kindergarten, particularly those west of the park (the "higher fundraising" schools), but after I started to pull the numbers, I see that it isn't impossible. Because all kindergartners have "by right" attendance, I think I'm correct in assuming that all those pull off of waitlists are out of boundary. What I don't know is how many of those are out of boundary siblings (who would have preference), who got pulled in by a 3, 4, 5th grade sibling.

This year did seem to be a "good" year for 1st grade admissions at charters and DCPS, but most charters only open seats from attrition for kindergarten.

Looking at the wait list data, by October, city wide DCPS and Charters in your vicinity here admitted kindergartners as follows:

Capitol Hill Montessori: 9
School with a School: 2
YY: 1
LAMB: Doesn't take at K
CMI: 15
TR4: 14
TRY: 18
ITS: 35
DCB: 39
Bridges: 40
MV: 6
Shining Stars: 40
DC Prep Edgewood: 2
Cap City: 7
EL Haynes: 8
Lee: 1
Stokes F: 7
Stokes S: 15

Interestingly here are some of the DCPS numbers off waitlists. I'm surprised that there were any! Maybe someone over there knows better.
Janney: 8
Key: 4
Lafayette: 2
Mann: 6
Murch: 3
Shepherd: 18
Ross: 3

Your highest SES "safety" in your vicinity is likely Sela. They had no K waitlist this year.

Shepherd has had three kindergarten classes the past couple of years. So, there are two PK4 classes, expanding to three K classes--hence the extra slots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you for the helpful posts about DCPS schools. We live inbound to Burroughs. I did not intend my post to sound elitist or silly, but parental involvement and school administration efficacy are important to my family. While other posters may be constrained by commute or school location, those are not factors for us where we are really focused on enrolling our child in a highly engaged and responsive school. Thank you for the DCPS list to research in more detail. Are there any recommendations for charter schools that fit our criteria?

If you are also willing to give around $2,000 to $15,000 if you got into one of the WOTP schools, like most of the IB parents do, than I assume you'd be accepted with open arms. I'm not exaggerating. If you are judging by how much other parents are paying to supplement the education that you don't contribute as much to - that's not an 'elitist' attitude... that's something else. Seriously.

The charters are no where close in terms of the $ raised comparatively to any of the WOTP schools - but they may be title I schools, and therefore have more $ per student - but lower scores & achievement.

ALL of the WOTP schools have ridiculously highly involved parents. They all have good to excellent administration - and the parents basically co-manage the schools. As a PP poster pointed out, the PTA budgets pay for different things at the different schools - so they are not even going to be apples to apples. And as another PP pointed out, if you can't figure this out using Guidestar, then it's probably a club you shouldn't be trying for anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you for the helpful posts about DCPS schools. We live inbound to Burroughs. I did not intend my post to sound elitist or silly, but parental involvement and school administration efficacy are important to my family. While other posters may be constrained by commute or school location, those are not factors for us where we are really focused on enrolling our child in a highly engaged and responsive school. Thank you for the DCPS list to research in more detail. Are there any recommendations for charter schools that fit our criteria?

If you are also willing to give around $2,000 to $15,000 if you got into one of the WOTP schools, like most of the IB parents do, than I assume you'd be accepted with open arms. I'm not exaggerating. If you are judging by how much other parents are paying to supplement the education that you don't contribute as much to - that's not an 'elitist' attitude... that's something else. Seriously.

The charters are no where close in terms of the $ raised comparatively to any of the WOTP schools - but they may be title I schools, and therefore have more $ per student - but lower scores & achievement.

ALL of the WOTP schools have ridiculously highly involved parents. They all have good to excellent administration - and the parents basically co-manage the schools. As a PP poster pointed out, the PTA budgets pay for different things at the different schools - so they are not even going to be apples to apples. And as another PP pointed out, if you can't figure this out using Guidestar, then it's probably a club you shouldn't be trying for anyway.

Last year I bet Latin net as much, if not more, than WOTP elementary schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you for the helpful posts about DCPS schools. We live inbound to Burroughs. I did not intend my post to sound elitist or silly, but parental involvement and school administration efficacy are important to my family. While other posters may be constrained by commute or school location, those are not factors for us where we are really focused on enrolling our child in a highly engaged and responsive school. Thank you for the DCPS list to research in more detail. Are there any recommendations for charter schools that fit our criteria?

If you are also willing to give around $2,000 to $15,000 if you got into one of the WOTP schools, like most of the IB parents do, than I assume you'd be accepted with open arms. I'm not exaggerating. If you are judging by how much other parents are paying to supplement the education that you don't contribute as much to - that's not an 'elitist' attitude... that's something else. Seriously.

The charters are no where close in terms of the $ raised comparatively to any of the WOTP schools - but they may be title I schools, and therefore have more $ per student - but lower scores & achievement.

ALL of the WOTP schools have ridiculously highly involved parents. They all have good to excellent administration - and the parents basically co-manage the schools. As a PP poster pointed out, the PTA budgets pay for different things at the different schools - so they are not even going to be apples to apples. And as another PP pointed out, if you can't figure this out using Guidestar, then it's probably a club you shouldn't be trying for anyway.

Last year I bet Latin net as much, if not more, than WOTP elementary schools.

Um, does Latin have Kindergarten?

[Anonymous]

spending per student per charter -- philanthropic line includes parent donations, PTA dues etc

http://www.dcfpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/8.5.15-Revenue-and-Spending-Per-Student-TP-Final.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:spending per student per charter -- philanthropic line includes parent donations, PTA dues etc

http://www.dcfpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/8.5.15-Revenue-and-Spending-Per-Student-TP-Final.pdf

Philanthropic also includes grants. Not useful at all

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The elementary charters that raise quite a bit of money are:

LAMB
Inspired Teaching
Creative Minds
Mundo Verde

None are going to be easy to lottery into, but I suppose you have nothing to lose by trying.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:spending per student per charter -- philanthropic line includes parent donations, PTA dues etc

http://www.dcfpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/8.5.15-Revenue-and-Spending-Per-Student-TP-Final.pdf

This is 2-3 year old data. Useless in the changing charter landscape. That's the opportunity and challenge of charters.