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NathanBacaABC7 wrote:I'm looking to talk to parents disappointed with the MySchoolDC lottery results first because they are the ones that may have to make difficult life decisions today for their children: private school, move, neighborhood school -- Those that got their top picks will likely enjoy a relaxing Friday.

Second year in a row locked out of lottery. I am PISSED. A high 200s at Latin. 100s. 75 at one school. My feeder patterns are JEFFERSON for a kid that scores 4s and 5s on PARCC. I HATE THIS SHIT.

Jefferson isn’t a bad school.

I think your karma and sense of entitlement clearly must have affected your master number.

It is a lottery. Your kid's 4s and 5s do not make them any more worthy of Washington Latin than anyone else.

Keep reading.

I don’t believe in Karma.

The only thing that affected my SPOT is MY ADDRESS which is an issue of EQUITY NOT KARMA.

Your address keeps you out of a DCPS you like. It has nothing to do with whether you get into Washington Latin.

You would probably be unhappy with the WL academics anyway. It really isnt' more advanced than Jefferson.

Let’s stop pretending that Jefferson is a strong school.

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Anonymous wrote:What is movement usually like for Janney pre-K4 waitlist?

The numbers are all online, but I've had friends get in the past couple of years with numbers in the high single digits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only thing that affected my SPOT is MY ADDRESS which is an issue of EQUITY NOT KARMA.

Even the right address is far from a guarantee. We spent a ludicrous amount of money (a lot more than we can really afford, honestly) on a not-very-nice house just to get in-boundary for a good school, and we still got *nothing* in the lottery. Sure, two years from now, we'll be in for kindergarten. But I have no idea what we're going to do for those two years.

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Anonymous wrote:What is movement usually like for Janney pre-K4 waitlist?

The numbers are all online, but I've had friends get in the past couple of years with numbers in the high single digits.

Thanks! How do I find the numbers? (Sorry, new to the lottery and kind of lost).

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NathanBacaABC7 wrote:I'm looking to talk to parents disappointed with the MySchoolDC lottery results first because they are the ones that may have to make difficult life decisions today for their children: private school, move, neighborhood school -- Those that got their top picks will likely enjoy a relaxing Friday.

Second year in a row locked out of lottery. I am PISSED. A high 200s at Latin. 100s. 75 at one school. My feeder patterns are JEFFERSON for a kid that scores 4s and 5s on PARCC. I HATE THIS SHIT.

Jefferson isn’t a bad school.

I think your karma and sense of entitlement clearly must have affected your master number.

It is a lottery. Your kid's 4s and 5s do not make them any more worthy of Washington Latin than anyone else.

Keep reading.

I don’t believe in Karma.

The only thing that affected my SPOT is MY ADDRESS which is an issue of EQUITY NOT KARMA.

Your ADDRESS had nothing to do with your SPOT.

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Anonymous wrote:What is movement usually like for Janney pre-K4 waitlist?

The numbers are all online, but I've had friends get in the past couple of years with numbers in the high single digits.

Thanks! How do I find the numbers? (Sorry, new to the lottery and kind of lost).

February Break. Similar to other school districts in the Northeast, DCPS will have a week-long vacation in late-February. This gives families an opportunity to rest during the long period between Winter Break and Spring Break.

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NathanBacaABC7 wrote:We'd like to talk to parents disappointed with the lottery results and thinking about the next step for their children's education. Please email me at [e-mail]. We're hoping to interview some parents at home or work by this afternoon.

Why not speak to parents who are happy as well? #bias

Much easier to find unhappy people. Maybe 10% of parents are happy today, and the other 90% are unhappy.

If you look at the statistics, this is untrue. In past years,the majority of applicants have matched, and most of those get one of their top three choices.

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NathanBacaABC7 wrote:I'm looking to talk to parents disappointed with the MySchoolDC lottery results first because they are the ones that may have to make difficult life decisions today for their children: private school, move, neighborhood school -- Those that got their top picks will likely enjoy a relaxing Friday.

Second year in a row locked out of lottery. I am PISSED. A high 200s at Latin. 100s. 75 at one school. My feeder patterns are JEFFERSON for a kid that scores 4s and 5s on PARCC. I HATE THIS SHIT.

Jefferson isn’t a bad school.

I think your karma and sense of entitlement clearly must have affected your master number.

It is a lottery. Your kid's 4s and 5s do not make them any more worthy of Washington Latin than anyone else.

Keep reading.

I don’t believe in Karma.

The only thing that affected my SPOT is MY ADDRESS which is an issue of EQUITY NOT KARMA.

Your ADDRESS had nothing to do with your SPOT.

Just...Big picture...(zoom out a little)

The process is disheartening. This is where my frustration lies.

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Anonymous wrote:The only thing that affected my SPOT is MY ADDRESS which is an issue of EQUITY NOT KARMA.

Even the right address is far from a guarantee. We spent a ludicrous amount of money (a lot more than we can really afford, honestly) on a not-very-nice house just to get in-boundary for a good school, and we still got *nothing* in the lottery. Sure, two years from now, we'll be in for kindergarten. But I have no idea what we're going to do for those two years.

Go to a charter for free PreK or pay for preschool, like the rest of the country does

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Anonymous wrote:The only thing that affected my SPOT is MY ADDRESS which is an issue of EQUITY NOT KARMA.

Even the right address is far from a guarantee. We spent a ludicrous amount of money (a lot more than we can really afford, honestly) on a not-very-nice house just to get in-boundary for a good school, and we still got *nothing* in the lottery. Sure, two years from now, we'll be in for kindergarten. But I have no idea what we're going to do for those two years.

Go to a charter for free PreK or pay for preschool, like the rest of the country does

We put down a bunch of charters on our list. Didn't get into any of them.

And if we lived in "the rest of the country", paying for preschool would be fine. Our mortgage payment for a dumpy house here is more than it would cost for preschool plus the mortgage payment on a giant, gorgeous house in most places in the US.

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We put all three of our kids in the lottery this year. Just found out we got into Shining Stars, which was our 3rd choice, and two out of three kids are waitlisted at School-Within-School. It is my own fault for not putting S-W-S as #2 for all of my kids but I really didn't think they had a chance to get in. But my son is waitlisted for Kindergarten at #2 while one daughter is waitlisted for pre-k 3 (at #527!), and the other isn't waitlisted because we had Shining Stars as her 2nd choice. It's my own fault for not putting them all in the same order but my question is: if our son does get into S-W-S, is there a chance of getting our daughter who is not waitlisted at S-W-S in (I know our daughter who is waitlisted there would move up the list if our son does get in)? Do we need to do something to get her back on a waitlist or is it too late?

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Anonymous wrote:We put all three of our kids in the lottery this year. Just found out we got into Shining Stars, which was our 3rd choice, and two out of three kids are waitlisted at School-Within-School. It is my own fault for not putting S-W-S as #2 for all of my kids but I really didn't think they had a chance to get in. But my son is waitlisted for Kindergarten at #2 while one daughter is waitlisted for pre-k 3 (at #527!), and the other isn't waitlisted because we had Shining Stars as her 2nd choice. It's my own fault for not putting them all in the same order but my question is: if our son does get into S-W-S, is there a chance of getting our daughter who is not waitlisted at S-W-S in (I know our daughter who is waitlisted there would move up the list if our son does get in)? Do we need to do something to get her back on a waitlist or is it too late?

I'm pretty sure you can put in an application now and if the #2 K spot gets pulled in, the non-applicant kid will be at the end of the list of those with sibling preferences (but in front of everyone without a sibling preference).

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"We put down a bunch of charters on our list. Didn't get into any of them.

And if we lived in "the rest of the country", paying for preschool would be fine. Our mortgage payment for a dumpy house here is more than it would cost for preschool plus the mortgage payment on a giant, gorgeous house in most places in the US."

Then go live IB for an Early Action school if you want guaranteed free PK.

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Anonymous wrote:Got into Shining Stars PK3, and we have waitlists in the 30s for pretty much all the Spanish bilinguals except Mundo Verde (#70). It looks like based off of last year’s data, there’s a chance of us getting into Stokes - Brookland?

Are you really #70 at MV PK3?
We are also #70 MV for PK3....how would that work?

I meant to write #70s bc I couldn’t remember the exact number. It’s 78.

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Anonymous wrote:The only thing that affected my SPOT is MY ADDRESS which is an issue of EQUITY NOT KARMA.

Even the right address is far from a guarantee. We spent a ludicrous amount of money (a lot more than we can really afford, honestly) on a not-very-nice house just to get in-boundary for a good school, and we still got *nothing* in the lottery. Sure, two years from now, we'll be in for kindergarten. But I have no idea what we're going to do for those two years.

Go to a charter for free PreK or pay for preschool, like the rest of the country does

We put down a bunch of charters on our list. Didn't get into any of them.

And if we lived in "the rest of the country", paying for preschool would be fine. Our mortgage payment for a dumpy house here is more than it would cost for preschool plus the mortgage payment on a giant, gorgeous house in most places in the US.

You can add yourself to more waitlists. There are enough PreK places, and a lot of lists move if you are on enough of them.