Any idea of the time the DCPS lottery will go live on their website?
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"If you're a parent willing to sacrifice even a single year of your young child's education on a questionable school with a track record of underachievement that's your silly choice"
I don't blame you for not wanting to send your child to "a questionable school with a track record of underachievement." But that's what my family did, until my preschool son was able in January to join our older child at our first choice DCPS school. You know what, he started at the new school (highly desirable, waitlists over 300) ahead of many of his peers. We saved thousands in daycare. I really don't see it as a silly choice at all. I would encourage people to take a look at the preschool programs at their neighborhood schools even if the third graders and fifth graders don't perform well on standardized tests. For my family, I am glad we did. It was sad to move my son, but I feel really glad that I can call BS on neighborhood people who say our in-boundary school sucks without having walked through the door. |
Anonymous
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Right on, sister!
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Anonymous
The easiest way to find out whether results have been posted is to try to open the DCPS website only to find out it's unavailable because everyone is trying to get on at the same time. 
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Anonymous
But this year it will be easier than any of those. Normally there are no spaces for 1st through 5th grade. For each of these classes, there will be at least 25 spaces. When was the last time there was an OOB spot available at JKLM for 1st - 5th grade? (If we take Fenty twins out of the mix) |
Anonymous
| What is the link for the results? |
Anonymous
http://dcps.dc.gov/DCPS/oob |
Anonymous
| I hope the late lottery results is not indicative of how smoothly (or lack) the school year will be. Come on DCPS, get it together. |
Anonymous
| At this point I question the integrity of the entire lottery process - knowing the DC public institutions - there are probably not enough controls around the data, its safeguarding, and the random selection ... I am sure they are scrambling right now to compile the report and dealing with errors at the 11th hour to put something out there. And yes - it is also probably indicative of the quality of the education and the system as well. |
Anonymous
| does anyone know what came out of the situation last year where people indicated that they were siblings at every lottery choice? since there were no controls on selecting this, the person had been given "sibling" priority at all 6 choices. |
Anonymous
I don't know the process from last year, but I had to list the sibling's name on this year's lottery. I'm hoping to get my 2 year old into Logan with his brother and sister. |
Anonymous
this must have been the fix from last year - last year the only thig you needed wasto check the box stating that the child had a sibling at the school. |
Anonymous
You don't work in IT, do you? I think it's impressive that DCPS runs a complicated lottery process within one week of getting parental submissions. By complicated, I mean ... they need to take into account six school choices, and figure out out-of-boundary vs. promity-boundary vs. with-sibling vs. in-boundary based on your address. Last year they provided the results a few hours -- hours! -- late and with no major problems. Most of the "problems" were with applicants who didn't completely fill out the forms. And one last point -- the visibility here is super-high. So by all means, DCPS IT folks ... take your time make sure the lottery results are right. And if you're reading this thread, thank you ... and ummmmm-mmmm, get back to work! |
Anonymous
| PP I was thinking the same thing! It's not as simple as blinking an eye to post such extensive data on a website. |
Anonymous
| Have the results come out yet? I clicked on the link posted above, but can't figure it out. Maybe I am missing something. Anyone? |