2020-2021 Lottery Results

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Anonymous wrote:My numbers were horrible this year for PreK4 and I didn’t think I could get any worse then last year. Congrats to those who got where they wanted!

Same for us! I’m done with this lottery and DCPS.

We gave up a year ago. If I ever have slight regrets about moving, and that is rare, a thread like this makes me very happy about the decision we made.

Cause trying is hard and if you try you might be disappointed? Great lesson for your kids there skippy.

Not pp, but that’s a terrible comparison. The school lottery has nothing to do with skill, practice or hard work it’s simply luck.

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Anonymous wrote:For 4th Grade:

School-Within-School #2
Two Rivers PCS at 4th Street #1 (Sibling got in via lotto)
Two Rivers PCS at Young #6
Maury Elementary School #2
Brent Elementary School #4

Is Two Rivers a no-brainer for MS vs Stuart Hobson?

I don't have a child in MS but eventually all 6-8 at Two Rivers will have to commute to the Young Campus.

And when you say "eventually", you mean in the 2020-2021 school year?

Yes, this. Thank you for this. I have lost track of days and weeks.

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Anonymous wrote:I am in shock. Our third grader got into SWS and pulled in the younger siblings. We are at a Hill school we like, it is a hard choice. DH has already said he wants to decline (swing space too much of a pain). I am glad we have until May to make a decision.

What Hill school? I'd lean against if you like your current school. The idea of making your 3rd grader leave all of their friends for two years of trailers just in time for most of their class to try to leave for Latin or Basis sounds crazy, TBH. You'd be doing it for the younger sibs (which your oldest will understand and resent); I could see doing it if you didn't like your current school, but given that you do...? This is one of those just because you got the bright shiny object doesn't mean you want it type scenarios.

This. Not worth it.

Agreed. It's not like you'd get a better feeder by switching, either. If you like your current school through the testing grades, which it seems you do, I wouldn't leave.

I realize I should have said that this is a current 3rd grader/heading into 4th. We are at Ludlow Taylor.

I would not make that move. LT feeds into SH. No one in their right mind would choose EH over SH. And you are really happy at LT (which matches the experience of everyone I know at LT). It isn't like you are sacrificing the younger kid for the older kid; the younger kid would presumably also be really happy at LT.

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Anonymous wrote:My numbers were horrible this year for PreK4 and I didn’t think I could get any worse then last year. Congrats to those who got where they wanted!

Same for us! I’m done with this lottery and DCPS.

We gave up a year ago. If I ever have slight regrets about moving, and that is rare, a thread like this makes me very happy about the decision we made.

Cause trying is hard and if you try you might be disappointed? Great lesson for your kids there skippy.

Not pp, but that’s a terrible comparison. The school lottery has nothing to do with skill, practice or hard work it’s simply luck.

Same here. Terrible numbers for us two years in a row. At least this gives us a reason and time limit for moving.

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Anonymous wrote:My numbers were horrible this year for PreK4 and I didn’t think I could get any worse then last year. Congrats to those who got where they wanted!

Same for us! I’m done with this lottery and DCPS.

We gave up a year ago. If I ever have slight regrets about moving, and that is rare, a thread like this makes me very happy about the decision we made.

Cause trying is hard and if you try you might be disappointed? Great lesson for your kids there skippy.

Not pp, but that’s a terrible comparison. The school lottery has nothing to do with skill, practice or hard work it’s simply luck.

It wasn't a comparison. It was a statement. Lots of things in life are about putting yourself out there when you have no control over the outcome. What you are supporting is the proposition that if you put yourself out there for a possible positive outcome it might hurt if you don't get the thing you wanted, so you shouldn't try. Take your ball and go home. Seems to me your world view tells us that the lottery is working as it should; pure chance. My HHI is in excess of $500k and there are several grad degrees in my house. But in this limited circumstance my education and means and connections don't help. Someone who is food insecure had the same chance as me. And presumably will suffer much more disappointment since I can afford private schools or to move to another home. But that person is used to having to face rejection and fight and scrap for everything they get. You apparently don't want to play with even a fair playing field.

If you can't take the rejection of the free MSDC Lottery then you wouldn't last 10 minutes in the shoes of someone who has to scrap their way up relying on luck and being in the right place at the right time. Best of luck to you in the burbs. And to your kids in overcoming the sense of entitlement that will surely be handed down.

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Anonymous wrote:My numbers were horrible this year for PreK4 and I didn’t think I could get any worse then last year. Congrats to those who got where they wanted!

Same for us! I’m done with this lottery and DCPS.

We gave up a year ago. If I ever have slight regrets about moving, and that is rare, a thread like this makes me very happy about the decision we made.

Cause trying is hard and if you try you might be disappointed? Great lesson for your kids there skippy.

Not pp, but that’s a terrible comparison. The school lottery has nothing to do with skill, practice or hard work it’s simply luck.

It wasn't a comparison. It was a statement. Lots of things in life are about putting yourself out there when you have no control over the outcome. What you are supporting is the proposition that if you put yourself out there for a possible positive outcome it might hurt if you don't get the thing you wanted, so you shouldn't try. Take your ball and go home. Seems to me your world view tells us that the lottery is working as it should; pure chance. My HHI is in excess of $500k and there are several grad degrees in my house. But in this limited circumstance my education and means and connections don't help. Someone who is food insecure had the same chance as me. And presumably will suffer much more disappointment since I can afford private schools or to move to another home. But that person is used to having to face rejection and fight and scrap for everything they get. You apparently don't want to play with even a fair playing field.

If you can't take the rejection of the free MSDC Lottery then you wouldn't last 10 minutes in the shoes of someone who has to scrap their way up relying on luck and being in the right place at the right time. Best of luck to you in the burbs. And to your kids in overcoming the sense of entitlement that will surely be handed down.

We’ve played the lottery multiple times to get into the school we’ve attended now for 3 years. Worked for us, but I don’t begrudge anyone who chooses differently. Eventually you need to take control over your destiny.

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Anonymous wrote:Not going to post our results, but safe to say that we drew a very bad number. Deep into the waitlist for our in-boundary, and in the 100s, 200s, 300s or even 400s elsewhere.

Disappointing that the kiddo likely won't be able to go to the school around the corner that we very much would have liked him to attend, but such is life.

How old? That's a bummer

PK3, but assume this means that DC is also not going to get in for PK4, since there will be even fewer seats available then.

But there aren't too many IB PK4 kids applying in the lottery and the class sizes expand. And you could have a good lottery number next year. You just have to wait and see.

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Anonymous wrote:I am in shock. Our third grader got into SWS and pulled in the younger siblings. We are at a Hill school we like, it is a hard choice. DH has already said he wants to decline (swing space too much of a pain). I am glad we have until May to make a decision.

What Hill school? I'd lean against if you like your current school. The idea of making your 3rd grader leave all of their friends for two years of trailers just in time for most of their class to try to leave for Latin or Basis sounds crazy, TBH. You'd be doing it for the younger sibs (which your oldest will understand and resent); I could see doing it if you didn't like your current school, but given that you do...? This is one of those just because you got the bright shiny object doesn't mean you want it type scenarios.

This. Not worth it.

Agreed. It's not like you'd get a better feeder by switching, either. If you like your current school through the testing grades, which it seems you do, I wouldn't leave.

I realize I should have said that this is a current 3rd grader/heading into 4th. We are at Ludlow Taylor.

I would not make that move. LT feeds into SH. No one in their right mind would choose EH over SH. And you are really happy at LT (which matches the experience of everyone I know at LT). It isn't like you are sacrificing the younger kid for the older kid; the younger kid would presumably also be really happy at LT.

On the flip side, if they want to try SWS they'd still have rights to SH as long as they live IB for LT or another school that feeds it. It's not like moving to SWS removes the chance at SH (unless the feeder rules change, which I doubt).

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Anonymous wrote:Two kids:

PK3:
1. Stokes Brookland (French) - #12
2. Lee Brookland - Match


1st Grade:
1. Stokes Brookland (French) - #39
2. Lee Brookland - #2


I assume good chance 1st grader will get offer from Lee? We are happy with Lee but since we are coming from an overseas French school wondering what chances are for Stokes for both kids with these numbers?

Yes, good chance 1st grader will get into Lee. You can maximize your chances by enrolling ASAP (realizing that "possible" might still be a while) and ensuring with MSDC that the 1st grader is switched from the "sibling offered" to "sibling enrolled" preference category.

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Anonymous wrote:PK3

SWWFS - match
Marie Reed Spanish Dominant - #9 waitlist

is the MR Spanish dominant waitlist separate from other wait lists? It's closer to us and we're bilingual

What do you mean? Yes it’s a separate English and Spanish waitlist, if that’s your question.

Thanks! Do you happen to know how they pull from each one? Is it reasonable to expect #9 on Sp dominant to possibly get a spot?

I was also wondering if Marie Reed's Spanish dominant waitlist is treated any differently than the English one. We are #18.

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After 2 years of terrible lottery scores, we got our first choice for Kindergarten: Inspired Teaching.

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Anonymous wrote:I am in shock. Our third grader got into SWS and pulled in the younger siblings. We are at a Hill school we like, it is a hard choice. DH has already said he wants to decline (swing space too much of a pain). I am glad we have until May to make a decision.

What Hill school? I'd lean against if you like your current school. The idea of making your 3rd grader leave all of their friends for two years of trailers just in time for most of their class to try to leave for Latin or Basis sounds crazy, TBH. You'd be doing it for the younger sibs (which your oldest will understand and resent); I could see doing it if you didn't like your current school, but given that you do...? This is one of those just because you got the bright shiny object doesn't mean you want it type scenarios.

This. Not worth it.

Agreed. It's not like you'd get a better feeder by switching, either. If you like your current school through the testing grades, which it seems you do, I wouldn't leave.

I realize I should have said that this is a current 3rd grader/heading into 4th. We are at Ludlow Taylor.

I would not make that move. LT feeds into SH. No one in their right mind would choose EH over SH. And you are really happy at LT (which matches the experience of everyone I know at LT). It isn't like you are sacrificing the younger kid for the older kid; the younger kid would presumably also be really happy at LT.

On the flip side, if they want to try SWS they'd still have rights to SH as long as they live IB for LT or another school that feeds it. It's not like moving to SWS removes the chance at SH (unless the feeder rules change, which I doubt).

I was thinking SWS for my rising 4th grader, just because I've lotteried for it every year since PK3(!) but finally gave it up this year. The trailers + the fact that my kid actually enjoys his school made me think it wasn't worth it. I can understand your dilemma though, because of your younger kids. LT is a good school though, so I'd stay.

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Anonymous wrote:For 4th Grade:

School-Within-School #2
Two Rivers PCS at 4th Street #1 (Sibling got in via lotto)
Two Rivers PCS at Young #6
Maury Elementary School #2
Brent Elementary School #4

Is Two Rivers a no-brainer for MS vs Stuart Hobson?

Depends on how you feel about the commute, I guess. And smaller vs larger schools. I don't think it's a no-brainer, since your child is still two years away and Stuart-Hobson is improving.

The commute isn't really an issue. I haven't been thrilled with the ES my kid is in currently - there are a lot of behavior issues that aren't dealt with consistently/effectively. I wonder if it will be worse at the MS level?

OMG of course it is going to be worst in MS.

+1. Even the best middle schools have behavior problems. Unless you have an extremely small school, it's just too many hormones going wild all at once.

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Anonymous wrote:Pre-K4

1st choice, Oyster-Adams (proximity) #43
9th choice, Eaton (In-boundary) #10

Any chance at either?

O-A is a no. Not sure about Eaton.

Maybe for Eaton.

You’re probably right at the edge for Eaton. You may get in by the end of summer so I would have your enrollment papers ready bring in if they call. I know somebody who started at #12 on the waitlist and was called the Friday before school started. They faxed the paperwork from the beach.

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Anonymous wrote:PK3, bad number

School-Within-School 446
Two Rivers PCS at 4th Street 278
Two Rivers PCS at Young 119
Peabody Elementary School In-boundary 45
Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS - Calle Ocho Campus 306
AppleTree PCS - Lincoln Park 112
Tyler Elementary School Proximity 24
Payne Elementary School Proximity 47
J.O. Wilson Elementary School 77
Miner Elementary School 69
Lee Montessori PCS - East End 22
AppleTree PCS - Oklahoma Ave Match

I have similar results. How is it possible to have 45 in-boundary 3 year olds on the waitlist for Peabody? Are there even that many 3 year olds in the catchment?

Whoa, that is the worst I've seen so far. You aren't going to get in anywhere else.