Janney waitlist....

[Anonymous]

Anyone have experience with this? We are in the 20s and I am not feeling confident that we will get a spot. Anyone have this experience last year?

[Anonymous]

There are published stats somewhere on this. But I think at least through 16 got in last year.

[Anonymous]

What about K waitlist? What is the experience for OOB? Any stat on that?

[Anonymous]

According to principal at last PTA meeting Janney is closed to OOB enrollment. K is projected to be massive this coming year.

[Anonymous]

Op thank you! Any idea where those stats can be found?

[Anonymous]

Janney PK moved about 25 last year. This only place with the exact number is the school itself. the initial lottery results can probably be found in the recesses of the dcps web site but not the final list.

[Anonymous]

My guess - if you do get in, it will be in later August.

There are 57 spots.
32 have siblings - assume that all of these will accept (this is obviously a conservative estimate)

So there are 25 spots available to new families. Assume that 1/2 of these will initially accept - so by mid April the list may move by 10. The later you get in the summer, the more committed people are to their plans. So once calls start happening the waitlist can move quickly. Many friends with similar numbers have received calls the week before school starts.

To give you perspective, I have a friend at Stoddert who had #10 - and was called 2 days after school started.

[Anonymous]

I think last year there were 110 in-bounds kids on the pre-k wait list for 60 spots, so not all got in. The last three pre-k spots are held until August for Early Stages kids because Janney is a school of inclusion - not sure if DCPS has said whether those slots are off limits to OOB kids this year too.

[Anonymous]

Any idea in movement for Janney upper grades? Does 5th move at all?

[Anonymous]

Janney is closed to new OOB enrollment for the coming year per DCPS. It's overenrolled at all grade levels.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think last year there were 110 in-bounds kids on the pre-k wait list for 60 spots, so not all got in. The last three pre-k spots are held until August for Early Stages kids because Janney is a school of inclusion - not sure if DCPS has said whether those slots are off limits to OOB kids this year too.

There were not 110 in-boundary kids on the Janney pre-K waitlist last year, perhaps you meant 110 in-bound applicants but I also think that is high. There were 57 slots at the intial lottery this year and last year (as you mention they hold 3 of the 60 slots back for Early Stages kids) and I think there were 30-40 kids on the waitlist. Closer to 30 in my memory but I was not tracking closely as I did not have a child applying but I had neighbors that did. I am sure the correct information is available somewhere.

This year the in-boundary applicant pool is similar to what I remember last year. 85 in boundary applicants (57 acccepted, 28 on waiting list). My guess from years past is that there will be in the low 90s for in-boundary K students in 2013, as some families either are not yet in-boundary or choose not to apply because they want to stay where they are until K.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think last year there were 110 in-bounds kids on the pre-k wait list for 60 spots, so not all got in. The last three pre-k spots are held until August for Early Stages kids because Janney is a school of inclusion - not sure if DCPS has said whether those slots are off limits to OOB kids this year too.

There were not 110 in-boundary kids on the Janney pre-K waitlist last year, perhaps you meant 110 in-bound applicants but I also think that is high. There were 57 slots at the intial lottery this year and last year (as you mention they hold 3 of the 60 slots back for Early Stages kids) and I think there were 30-40 kids on the waitlist. Closer to 30 in my memory but I was not tracking closely as I did not have a child applying but I had neighbors that did. I am sure the correct information is available somewhere.

This year the in-boundary applicant pool is similar to what I remember last year. 85 in boundary applicants (57 acccepted, 28 on waiting list). My guess from years past is that there will be in the low 90s for in-boundary K students in 2013, as some families either are not yet in-boundary or choose not to apply because they want to stay where they are until K.

You're incorrect--there were 105 inboundary applicants for PK last (about 85 the year before and 85 this year but last year was an unusually high year for whatever reason). I may have the exact numbers on my computer.
The school anticipates >100 for K this year---if you use the same PK lottery--->K classmates yield ratio that occurred in the previous 2 years then the 2012 K class will be 120-125. This is what the school is projecting.

[Anonymous]

okay--here are the exact numbers:

lottery for 2010 PK: 87 in boundary applicants
2011 PK: 107 in boundary applicants
2012 PK: 85 in boundary applicants

2010 PK pool of 87 in boundary applicants yielded 94 kindergarten students this year.

so
2011 PK pool of 107 applicants would yield approx. 116 K students for fall of 2012.
Which is similar to what the school is projecting (and talked about at the last PTA meeting).

[Anonymous]

so are they planning 5 K classes for this year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:okay--here are the exact numbers:

lottery for 2010 PK: 87 in boundary applicants
2011 PK: 107 in boundary applicants
2012 PK: 85 in boundary applicants

2010 PK pool of 87 in boundary applicants yielded 94 kindergarten students this year.

so
2011 PK pool of 107 applicants would yield approx. 116 K students for fall of 2012.
Which is similar to what the school is projecting (and talked about at the last PTA meeting).

Thanks, you were right I was wrong. But it was also wrong to state there were 110 in boundary kids on the waitlist as you initially did. There were 57 accepted, so I assume that means there were 53 on the waitlist.

Hopefully they are planning on 5 K classes next year.