Waitlists are moving like crazy

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a way to recover your "original" WL number? I forgot what they were (they were all so high so I didn't even bother), and so i can't really compare to what it is now LOL.

I think we got an email (or even a mailed letter?) from MySchoolDC with our match and waitlist numbers. Easy to miss since myschooldc sends so many emails but might be in your emails

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Hopefully more long time and multiple generation DC families will get into the school of their choice this year. I imagine the Home School office might be extra busy this year too.

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Pardon my stupidity... I am new to the system... If a school in April 2020 had say 20 "Lottery seats" available, and by October 2020 they made it to Waitlist #18, does it mean that only 2 of the kids originally matched accepted the offer?

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Anonymous wrote:Pardon my stupidity... I am new to the system... If a school in April 2020 had say 20 "Lottery seats" available, and by October 2020 they made it to Waitlist #18, does it mean that only 2 of the kids originally matched accepted the offer?

We don't know how many of the 20 that were offered in the initial round accepted. It could be that 19 accepted seats and they have gone through 18 students to fill the 20th seat, it could be that 10 accepted initially and they're now filling the other 10 seats available, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Enrollment is down. More room for kids on waitlists.

yes everyone fled for private

Not everyone fled for private. Some people moved to other states.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pardon my stupidity... I am new to the system... If a school in April 2020 had say 20 "Lottery seats" available, and by October 2020 they made it to Waitlist #18, does it mean that only 2 of the kids originally matched accepted the offer?

We don't know how many of the 20 that were offered in the initial round accepted. It could be that 19 accepted seats and they have gone through 18 students to fill the 20th seat, it could be that 10 accepted initially and they're now filling the other 10 seats available, etc.

Gotcha, thank you!

[Anonymous]

Oh man, I'm not seeing any movement on my son's Prek4 waitlists. Ugh..

I had heard to anticipate some movement in early July - does anyone know why?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there a way to recover your "original" WL number? I forgot what they were (they were all so high so I didn't even bother), and so i can't really compare to what it is now LOL.

I think we got an email (or even a mailed letter?) from MySchoolDC with our match and waitlist numbers. Easy to miss since myschooldc sends so many emails but might be in your emails

I found our email from MySchoolDC with "My School DC Lottery Results" but it just says "Waitlisted," no numbers.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh man, I'm not seeing any movement on my son's Prek4 waitlists. Ugh..

I had heard to anticipate some movement in early July - does anyone know why?

Our PK4 isn’t moving either. Granted we only put long shots, but I think our lowest number is in the 80s.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there a way to recover your "original" WL number? I forgot what they were (they were all so high so I didn't even bother), and so i can't really compare to what it is now LOL.

I think we got an email (or even a mailed letter?) from MySchoolDC with our match and waitlist numbers. Easy to miss since myschooldc sends so many emails but might be in your emails

I found our email from MySchoolDC with "My School DC Lottery Results" but it just says "Waitlisted," no numbers.

It should be in your emails.

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Anonymous wrote:We are on PK4 for Stokes Spanish and French, MV, CHML, LT, TRY, and others, and have seen a lot of movement. We won't count any chickens until they hatch, but compared to the movement we saw for these same schools for PK3, I'm a lot more optimistic. Though I feel generally anxious about what it means for DC public schools (including charters) that demand for these spots seems to be down over prior years. Hopefully it's a blip and the folks who stuck it out through the pandemic will be extra committed.

The only schools that haven't moved at all are SWS and Maury. That makes sense because SWS is always very in demand and my impression on Capitol Hill is that a TON of people with young kids have moved inbounds for Maury in the last couple years, plus it's the #1 choice for a lot of people trying to lottery out of Miner. But a lot of movement elsewhere on the Hill.

Why are people trying to lottery out of Miner?

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Anonymous wrote:Have anyone seen in certain grades and areas of the city that waitlists are moving crazy?

Anyone over K can basically get into Hyde Addison.

Stokes has a vacant 5th grade list in French and almost in Spanish for anyone trying to get into DCI.

If you check the Montessori block you can get into CHML at 3rd+

Ludlow Taylor is almost cleared in upper grades for a Stuart Hobson feed.

TRY/TR4 are trucking through their list at major speed.

Shining Stars Montessori is cleared in almost every grade.

Anyone wanting Spanish at any level starting at PK3 can get in at Bethune (at least Brooklands)

Langley and Seaton and Cleveland are pretty easy to get into for PK3 OOB. Thomson at K.

I'm assuming it is a pandemic blip, but for those schools on an upswing the pandemic has been brutal EOTP.

Not so at CHML. We are on the waitlist there for 3rd + and the list moved 20 spots or so since lists came out, but hasn't budged in weeks now.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh man, I'm not seeing any movement on my son's Prek4 waitlists. Ugh..

I had heard to anticipate some movement in early July - does anyone know why?

Our PK4 isn’t moving either. Granted we only put long shots, but I think our lowest number is in the 80s.

If by "long shots", you picked only schools WTOP, you aren't going to see any meaningful movement.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh man, I'm not seeing any movement on my son's Prek4 waitlists. Ugh..

I had heard to anticipate some movement in early July - does anyone know why?

Our PK4 isn’t moving either. Granted we only put long shots, but I think our lowest number is in the 80s.

Same Our Capitol Hill pk3 list has moved only 2 places.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh man, I'm not seeing any movement on my son's Prek4 waitlists. Ugh..

I had heard to anticipate some movement in early July - does anyone know why?

Our PK4 isn’t moving either. Granted we only put long shots, but I think our lowest number is in the 80s.

Same Our Capitol Hill pk3 list has moved only 2 places.

Not a long shot in this case, inbounds school.