No Pk3 on NW side?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you mean WOTP (not NW), you're correct, with the exception of Hyde-Addison (although they're currently in swing space).

sorry not familiar with the area - we were looking in forest hills/van ness

That area is zoned for Murch and Hearst, so no PK3. The private nursery schools used by Murch families include St. Paul's, St. Columba's, Franklin Montessori, Auguste Montessori, Montessori of Chevy Chase, NCRC, Communikids, NPS, the church schools around Chevy Chase circle, etc. There are a lot of nursery schools in the area.

thanks this is helpful!

[Anonymous]

Hyde Addison is the only PreK3 in NW DC??

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People in Ward 3 who want free PreK 3 have to lottery into a school in another ward then move back to their in-bounds school for PreK 4 and up.

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Anonymous wrote:Hyde Addison is the only PreK3 in NW DC??

There are plenty east of Rock Creek Park, none west. Of the Hardy and Deal feeders, only Bancroft, Shepherd, and Hyde-Addison ES offer PK3. The schools are overcrowded and the majority of parents are able to pay for private preschool for another year.

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To the OP: Ward 3 (where you appear to be looking) does not offer pre-K3 in the DCPS schools. This is both because (1) the schools are already packed beyond capacity and also because (2) this is the most affluent (overall) of the Wards in DC. Every year around lottery time this board sees a handful of outraged parents who heard that there was "universal free preschool in DC" and only now realize that (1) there is no preK3 near them and (2) even getting a spot for preK4 is difficult without sibling preference. That outrage is generally met by snark by the rest of the board on the theory that (1) this is not a secret, (2) generally if you can afford to live in Ward 3, you can afford private preschool and (3) there actually are enough seats for every child, just not necessarily at in-demand schools. If you go back through the threads there are lots of posts by parents of rising PK3 students who decide to post their outrage that they are deprived of free PK3, rather than scrolling through the past several years to realize that this has always been the case (and that this is not the place to receive sympathy for the outrage).

Also, if you're not here yet (or new here) you may not yet completely grasp the geography, but NW is a much bigger area than WOTP (west of the [rock creek] park). "WOTP" is, not exactly (see Shepard Elem), but generally, used to refer to Ward 3 and/or Deal/Wilson feeder schools. Deal is generally considered the most in-demand DCPS middle school (again, only generally, see Hardy) and Wilson generally the most in-demand high school. Parents outside of Ward 3, generally have an easier time getting a spot in PK3/PK4 near them (thanks to in-bound ("IB") preference and the fact that DC generally does early childhood education ("ECE") really well throughout the city), but have the added stress of always looking for a MS/HS feeder path (lotterying in, charter school, application school, moving) hanging over them.

Also, if you're new, HRCS stands for "highly regarded charter school" and was a term started as joke which somehow caught on. What is, and isn't a "HRCS" is (of course) a source of much debate, but that should help explain the discussion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To the OP: Ward 3 (where you appear to be looking) does not offer pre-K3 in the DCPS schools. This is both because (1) the schools are already packed beyond capacity and also because (2) this is the most affluent (overall) of the Wards in DC. Every year around lottery time this board sees a handful of outraged parents who heard that there was "universal free preschool in DC" and only now realize that (1) there is no preK3 near them and (2) even getting a spot for preK4 is difficult without sibling preference. That outrage is generally met by snark by the rest of the board on the theory that (1) this is not a secret, (2) generally if you can afford to live in Ward 3, you can afford private preschool and (3) there actually are enough seats for every child, just not necessarily at in-demand schools. If you go back through the threads there are lots of posts by parents of rising PK3 students who decide to post their outrage that they are deprived of free PK3, rather than scrolling through the past several years to realize that this has always been the case (and that this is not the place to receive sympathy for the outrage).

Also, if you're not here yet (or new here) you may not yet completely grasp the geography, but NW is a much bigger area than WOTP (west of the [rock creek] park). "WOTP" is, not exactly (see Shepard Elem), but generally, used to refer to Ward 3 and/or Deal/Wilson feeder schools. Deal is generally considered the most in-demand DCPS middle school (again, only generally, see Hardy) and Wilson generally the most in-demand high school. Parents outside of Ward 3, generally have an easier time getting a spot in PK3/PK4 near them (thanks to in-bound ("IB") preference and the fact that DC generally does early childhood education ("ECE") really well throughout the city), but have the added stress of always looking for a MS/HS feeder path (lotterying in, charter school, application school, moving) hanging over them.

Also, if you're new, HRCS stands for "highly regarded charter school" and was a term started as joke which somehow caught on. What is, and isn't a "HRCS" is (of course) a source of much debate, but that should help explain the discussion.

This should be pinned to the top of this forum page.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To the OP: Ward 3 (where you appear to be looking) does not offer pre-K3 in the DCPS schools. This is both because (1) the schools are already packed beyond capacity and also because (2) this is the most affluent (overall) of the Wards in DC. Every year around lottery time this board sees a handful of outraged parents who heard that there was "universal free preschool in DC" and only now realize that (1) there is no preK3 near them and (2) even getting a spot for preK4 is difficult without sibling preference. That outrage is generally met by snark by the rest of the board on the theory that (1) this is not a secret, (2) generally if you can afford to live in Ward 3, you can afford private preschool and (3) there actually are enough seats for every child, just not necessarily at in-demand schools. If you go back through the threads there are lots of posts by parents of rising PK3 students who decide to post their outrage that they are deprived of free PK3, rather than scrolling through the past several years to realize that this has always been the case (and that this is not the place to receive sympathy for the outrage).

Also, if you're not here yet (or new here) you may not yet completely grasp the geography, but NW is a much bigger area than WOTP (west of the [rock creek] park). "WOTP" is, not exactly (see Shepard Elem), but generally, used to refer to Ward 3 and/or Deal/Wilson feeder schools. Deal is generally considered the most in-demand DCPS middle school (again, only generally, see Hardy) and Wilson generally the most in-demand high school. Parents outside of Ward 3, generally have an easier time getting a spot in PK3/PK4 near them (thanks to in-bound ("IB") preference and the fact that DC generally does early childhood education ("ECE") really well throughout the city), but have the added stress of always looking for a MS/HS feeder path (lotterying in, charter school, application school, moving) hanging over them.

Also, if you're new, HRCS stands for "highly regarded charter school" and was a term started as joke which somehow caught on. What is, and isn't a "HRCS" is (of course) a source of much debate, but that should help explain the discussion.

Good post. In addition to Shepherd, Bancroft is the other EOTP Deal/Wilson feeder school.

[Anonymous]

Also Jewish pre-schools at Temple Sinai, Ohr Kodesh, Adas Israel and Washington Hebrew. All very good and filled with both jewish and non-Jewish kids.

[Anonymous]

Adas Isrrael is fantastic!!

[Anonymous]

Do they offer PreK3 at Hearst? I know that they offer it on the other side of the park at schools like West and Powell. Those are NW and really about a 15 minute ride away. You will need to lottery in though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do they offer PreK3 at Hearst? I know that they offer it on the other side of the park at schools like West and Powell. Those are NW and really about a 15 minute ride away. You will need to lottery in though.

You won't be able to get in anymore. The only people I know WOTP at those schools for PK3 the last couple of years got in by fraud.

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Anonymous wrote:Do they offer PreK3 at Hearst? I know that they offer it on the other side of the park at schools like West and Powell. Those are NW and really about a 15 minute ride away. You will need to lottery in though.

You won't be able to get in anymore. The only people I know WOTP at those schools for PK3 the last couple of years got in by fraud.

What? This is a very weird thing to say -- Hearst's in-boundary percentage is 48%, Eaton's is similar... that is 162 out of boundary students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do they offer PreK3 at Hearst? I know that they offer it on the other side of the park at schools like West and Powell. Those are NW and really about a 15 minute ride away. You will need to lottery in though.

You won't be able to get in anymore. The only people I know WOTP at those schools for PK3 the last couple of years got in by fraud.

What? This is a very weird thing to say -- Hearst's in-boundary percentage is 48%, Eaton's is similar... that is 162 out of boundary students.

The preschool grades are all inbounds students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do they offer PreK3 at Hearst? I know that they offer it on the other side of the park at schools like West and Powell. Those are NW and really about a 15 minute ride away. You will need to lottery in though.

You won't be able to get in anymore. The only people I know WOTP at those schools for PK3 the last couple of years got in by fraud.

What? This is a very weird thing to say -- Hearst's in-boundary percentage is 48%, Eaton's is similar... that is 162 out of boundary students.

The preschool grades are all inbounds students.

No PK3 at Hearst. PK-1 is all IB. 2nd is like 65-70 percent. Upper grades more mixed. Please remember that Hearst has three autism-only (CES) classes and those classes serve kids from all over the city and count towards OOB number. As each class graduates, a new one arrives, all IB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you mean WOTP (not NW), you're correct, with the exception of Hyde-Addison (although they're currently in swing space).

sorry not familiar with the area - we were looking in forest hills/van ness

The NW quadrant extends east of Rock Creek Park. There are PK3 schools there. And it's less snooty.

So you are stereotyping and name calling to explain why you're neighborhood is nicer. Got it.