Anyone at the Yu Ying lottery?

[Anonymous]

Oh man. Wish they could make more YYs!

[Anonymous]

I wonder if either wait list will move AT ALL?

[Anonymous]

Sorry, guys. This sucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if either wait list will move AT ALL?

Probably not, or not much…maybe one or two slots?

[Anonymous]

in the past the WL has moved has moved a lot. We got in with a wait list number in the 60s. Not sure with the new joint systems for lotteries this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They drew first PK4. There were 9 spots for PK4. One set of twins got 2 out of the 9. Then there were two ¨winners¨with siblings also entering the lottery: one for 2nd grade and one for K. Then they drew the 5 spots for PK3. One of the ¨winners¨had a sibling applying for PK4, so I guess that sibling goes to the top of the WL for PK4. People have after April 29 to accept. After that, families taken from the WL are given 1 week to accept. Come late summer, you are given 24 hours to accept. You need to enroll in person (per OSSE).

Like I thought. Its possible for a PK3 to have a PK4 sibling. Just our luck....ugh

[Anonymous]

So apparently yu ying does not have a one child policy.

[Anonymous]

^^yowsa

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:in the past the WL has moved has moved a lot. We got in with a wait list number in the 60s. Not sure with the new joint systems for lotteries this year.

That had to be two years ago/close to when they first opened.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:in the past the WL has moved has moved a lot. We got in with a wait list number in the 60s. Not sure with the new joint systems for lotteries this year.

I think those days are gone. Last year the wait list only went to 19, I think. This year looks like it could be even tighter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, guys. This sucks.

+1. I can't get over the # of sibs/founders. YY prek4 last yr had ~35 spots for the lottery. This yr there is 9!?! Given 72-76 students in prek4, they have 63-67 sibs!

[Anonymous]

the siblings numbers do seem high, but if you consider all grade 1-5 X4 classes each, that is pretty reasonable.

[Anonymous]

those days could be gone. I checked. It wasn't in the 60s, we were 49 on the list. it was 2 years ago but the school had been open a while. We didn't find out until the first week of school. Just saying that it did/does move.

[Anonymous]

the 1st grade class this year has over 120 students. it is a bubble class hence lots of little siblings

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, guys. This sucks.

+1. I can't get over the # of sibs/founders. YY prek4 last yr had ~35 spots for the lottery. This yr there is 9!?! Given 72-76 students in prek4, they have 63-67 sibs!

Janney filled their traditional 3 PKs with all siblings this year (58). They ended up adding a 4th because the principal was concerned about discriminating against only children.
Once these popular schools get to be a certain size, they can fill the early childhood years with only siblings.