Data-driven lottery predictions!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To everyone insisting there are no screens in DCPS PK - that may be true of tablets, but all the classrooms have smartboards and there can be a lot of smartboard videos.

There's a difference between smartboards (which I don't love anyway) and saying ECErs are doing homework packets, iready, etc. Screens aren't great for other reasons, but they aren't necessarily indicative of non-play based. In fact, most of the things screens are used for in my kid's class are play adjacent (go noodle & yoga), it's just unnecessary in my mind.

[Anonymous]

Why are there even smart boards in every ECE in DCPS? Why?

You don’t know what you don’t know. But the teachers know what they are told they need to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP - here's our list for PK3, no preferences:

Appletree Spring Valley
Marie Reed
HD Cooke
John Lewis
Dorothy Height
Military Road Early Learning Center
Hyde-Addison
Brightwood
John Francis
Stevens Early Learning Center
Sheperd
Apple Tree - Columbia Heights

Shepherd is 0%. IB kids don’t get in for preK3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are there even smart boards in every ECE in DCPS? Why?

You don’t know what you don’t know. But the teachers know what they are told they need to do.

They certainly aren’t for homework or iReady, so I don’t even understand what you’re trying to claim….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP - here's our list for PK3, no preferences:

Appletree Spring Valley
Marie Reed
HD Cooke
John Lewis
Dorothy Height
Military Road Early Learning Center
Hyde-Addison
Brightwood
John Francis
Stevens Early Learning Center
Sheperd
Apple Tree - Columbia Heights

OP here! Sorry, I forgot about this thread for a bit, but there are a couple other requests so I'll finish them off. You'll get into Appletree Spring Valley - they've cleared their waitlist before school starts every year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I very much appreciate this thread. For PK3, here's the list (went all the way to 12). I know it's not the standard, but our child has some needs for which certain schools are better equipped to handle than others:

1. Inspired Teaching
2. John Francis
3. DC Bilingual
4. Powell (IB)
5. John Lewis
6. Capital City PCS
7. Creative Minds
8. Dorothy Height
9. EL Haynes
10. Tubman
11. Military Road ELC
12. Bridges

Forgot to mention -- willing to move till the end, but would be interested in the "initial" results and the October ones.

Initial Results (on match day):

1. Inspired Teaching - 15%
2. John Francis - 0%
3. DC Bilingual - 0%
4. Powell (IB) - 62%
5. John Lewis - 0%
6. Capital City PCS - 0%
7. Creative Minds - 0%
8. Dorothy Height - 9%
9. EL Haynes - 0%
10. Tubman - 0%
11. Military Road ELC - 0%
12. Bridges - 4%
Nothing - 10%

Through October:

1. Inspired Teaching - 22%
2. John Francis - 6%
3. DC Bilingual - 0%
4. Powell (IB) - 69%
5. John Lewis - 0%
6. Capital City PCS - 0%
7. Creative Minds - 0%
8. Dorothy Height - 3%
9. EL Haynes - 0%
10. Tubman - 0%
11. Military Road ELC - 0%
12. Bridges - 0%

[Anonymous]

Lottery Nerd Signing Off!

Results this Friday (or maybe Thursday night). Best of luck to everyone. Maybe I'll make a new thread to predict end results based on waitlist numbers if I have time.

Remember - there are more good schools than people think in this city. I know a lot of people who got "disappointing" lottery results and ended up super happy. Have faith!

And have more kids! The lottery REALLY rewards big families

[Anonymous]

Thanks for getting me (the 12-school list) in at the end. I'll let you know if your prediction is validated!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lottery Nerd Signing Off!

Results this Friday (or maybe Thursday night). Best of luck to everyone. Maybe I'll make a new thread to predict end results based on waitlist numbers if I have time.

Remember - there are more good schools than people think in this city. I know a lot of people who got "disappointing" lottery results and ended up super happy. Have faith!

And have more kids! The lottery REALLY rewards big families

Thanks for all of your help. I look forward to seeing how many of your predictions come true!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5th grade
Latin 2nd St
Latin Cooper
Inspired Teaching
Equitable Access

OP here:

Latin 2nd St - 100%

They've cleared their equitable access list every year since it's inception.

Nailed it! In at Latin 2nd St.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5th:

Oyster
Mundo Verde Cook
Basis
Mundo Verde Calle 8

Would probably not move after the school year starts.

Oyster - 10%
Mundo Verde Cook - 37%
Basis - 10%
Mundo Verde Calle 8 - 0%
Nothing - 43%

Wow! We matched at Basis, #1 on waitlist for Mundo Verde Calle 8(sibling preference) (I had gotten them mixed up and switched preference) and #16 for Oyster.

[Anonymous]

DD is from a Spanish language feeder school and got waisted at DCI. Thankfully she's #2. I think our chances are good. Thoughts?