Charter School - WL info and seats

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Anonymous wrote:Most interesting are the Tier 1 schools with open seats. Options to consider for folks who were not matched in Round 1.

http://www.dcpcsb.org/News-Room.aspx?ID=412

Achievement Preparatory Academy PCS – Middle (Ward 8) has 61 seats open in the fourth grade;
Achievement Prep Academy PCS – Elementary (Ward 8) has 16 seats open in kindergarten;
Cesar Chavez PCS for Public Policy - Chavez Prep (Ward 1) has 53 seats in the sixth and seventh grades;
KIPP DC – AIM Academy PCS (Ward 8) has 25 seats in the fifth grade;
KIPP DC – Connect Academy PCS (Ward 5) has 19 seats in PK3;
KIPP DC – Northeast Academy PCS (Ward 5) has 63 seats in the fifth and sixth grades;
KIPP DC - WILL Academy PCS (Ward 6) has 17 seats in the fourth grade;
Paul PCS - Middle School (Ward 4) has four seats in the eighth grade; and
Washington Mathematics Science and Technology PCS (Ward 5) has 110 seats across grades nine through twelve.

I thought WMST was closing. Or is it just moving from Bladensburg Road?

Haven't heard anything about them closing, but it's possible they are moving.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised Basis only has 1 on it's wait list for 5th grade.

I don't think the numbers can be right. We're #6 on the waiting list for 5th grade at Basis, according to myschool.org, and we haven't heard anything yet.

I agree that the BASIS numbers don't make sense because BASIS was only admitting 5th and 6th graders and the numbers are mostly for upper grades 7th-10th. And they did not admit 7th - 9th last year either....

[Anonymous]

So when someone said there were 6,000 applications for 1,000 places at Kipp they were not being entirely accurate - some Kipp schools still have places and no waitlist?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised Basis only has 1 on it's wait list for 5th grade.

I don't think the numbers can be right. We're #6 on the waiting list for 5th grade at Basis, according to myschool.org, and we haven't heard anything yet.

I agree that the BASIS numbers don't make sense because BASIS was only admitting 5th and 6th graders and the numbers are mostly for upper grades 7th-10th. And they did not admit 7th - 9th last year either....

Do the upper grade numbers reflect spaces opened when people dropped out/didn't reenroll?

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Anonymous wrote:So when someone said there were 6,000 applications for 1,000 places at Kipp they were not being entirely accurate - some Kipp schools still have places and no waitlist?

Are all of those KIPP schools listed as "No Tier" new?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised Basis only has 1 on it's wait list for 5th grade.

I don't think the numbers can be right. We're #6 on the waiting list for 5th grade at Basis, according to myschool.org, and we haven't heard anything yet.

I agree that the BASIS numbers don't make sense because BASIS was only admitting 5th and 6th graders and the numbers are mostly for upper grades 7th-10th. And they did not admit 7th - 9th last year either....

Do the upper grade numbers reflect spaces opened when people dropped out/didn't reenroll?

Not so much - they typically don't accept kids in the upper grades. They start out with a big cohort in 5th and it gets a little smaller in the upper grades, they don't necessarily replace those who've left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.dcpcsb.org/Parents/Available-Charter-School-Seats-and-Wait-Lists.aspx?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PCSB%20News%20Releases&utm_content=News+Release+-+5.1.14

Has anyone found waitlist info for charter schools that shows if any filled or waitlisted spots are held by siblings? I’ve seen it posted by a few schools (MV for example) but not all in one place. It didn’t appear to be included in the PCSB website's posted list data above.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised Basis only has 1 on it's wait list for 5th grade.

I don't think the numbers can be right. We're #6 on the waiting list for 5th grade at Basis, according to myschool.org, and we haven't heard anything yet.

I agree that the BASIS numbers don't make sense because BASIS was only admitting 5th and 6th graders and the numbers are mostly for upper grades 7th-10th. And they did not admit 7th - 9th last year either....

According to the Head of School, these were the numbers from last year, not this year, which is why it says that they accepted older students. So the Charter Board made a mistake it seems so the BASIS info is totally inaccurate.

[Anonymous]

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Why is LAMB not on this list?

LAMB is an acronym for Latin American Montessori Bilingual. It's number 83 on the list.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised Basis only has 1 on it's wait list for 5th grade.

I don't think the numbers can be right. We're #6 on the waiting list for 5th grade at Basis, according to myschool.org, and we haven't heard anything yet.

I agree that the BASIS numbers don't make sense because BASIS was only admitting 5th and 6th graders and the numbers are mostly for upper grades 7th-10th. And they did not admit 7th - 9th last year either....

According to the Head of School, these were the numbers from last year, not this year, which is why it says that they accepted older students. So the Charter Board made a mistake it seems so the BASIS info is totally inaccurate.

In that case, anyone know how far down they are in the WL for 5th?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So when someone said there were 6,000 applications for 1,000 places at Kipp they were not being entirely accurate - some Kipp schools still have places and no waitlist?

That could still actually be true -- you apply to a specific grade level and campus, not to the entire network at once. There could be some locations and grade levels with long wait lists, and other locations and grade levels with no wait list.