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Anonymous
Agreed. A commute to SWW in Foggy Bottom is so different than to Mundo Verde or to Cap City. I'd love for OP to report back when she does get her match. |
Anonymous
I think I may have included hearst as well - I mixed them up for both kids. Lafayette was #1 for both, but then included the others, including Hearst in different orders for each. |
Anonymous
it's for K, therefore he/she will have the right to show up the first day of school (assume her child may be there already). |
Anonymous
I can't enter the lottery for K -- my DC is IB already. It doesn't even appear as an option since my DC has a right to attend Powell. |
Anonymous
Shoot, where's Barnard? That drop in test scores is killing us! |
Anonymous
I just want to add DC is not at Powell now. DC is in private preschool. |
Anonymous
They'll go to Powell, because as an in-bounds Kindergarten student, their child is guaranteed a space regardless of the lottery. |
Anonymous
This example seems to support an argument that families who eschew their local DCPS in the lottery, should not have the continued right to show up and enroll whenever they want. This sort of lottery playing, where your local school remains your back-up plan, but the school isn't aware, will only cause havoc on the school's budget and enrollment projections. I imagine this poster's child is already at Powell. They know they can stay, but will jump if they get a spot at any school above IT. OK, that's cool. But if you get a spot, accept it but then decide after a month or two that the commute is terrible and the school isn't all that you had hoped and you want to go back to Powell, I don't think you should be able to. That's completely unfair to school, the budget, the families who already committed, etc. These are the sort of things the boundary, feeder pattern committee is looking at. |
Anonymous
For someone with twins this was a smart move. Well played. |
Anonymous
Barnard is a great school. I think the lottery results from last year are what kill it...for being a Title 1 school that is only at Rising status, it was remarkable how little the waitlist moved. The test scores dropped last year, but that matched up with the increase in ELL students, which understandably, have a harder time with standardized tests administered in English. I just hope more IB families give Barnard a try...I think it could really be a great choice for local families. |
Anonymous
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For PS4
Lafayette (in-bound, no sibling) Oyster-Adams Murch Janney Mann Hearst Eaton Stoddert Plus LAMB |
Anonymous
I have my moments. 
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Anonymous
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PK4
Mundo Verde Oyster-Adams Inspired Teaching Haynes Shepherd Barnard Bridges Cap City West Powell Lee Bancroft plus creative minds and lamb no preference at any of the above. |
Anonymous
| Why even waste putting janney on a pk4 list if you aren't IB? There were 50something IB families last year that initially were on the wait list. I think it moved maybe 20 spots - much of that movement was is late summer. Many IB families did not get spots. This will happen again this year. |
Anonymous
Why not if you didn't use all 12 spots? |