Capitol Hill Safety Schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure where on the Hill you live, but IB for Peabody and we listed (not in this order):

SWS
Cap Hill Montessori
Two Rivers 4th
Miner
Payne
Apple Tree Lincoln Park
Ludlow Taylor
JO

And did the LAMB lottery (which is separate)

Backing up to this post, because I’ve been in your shoes two years in a row. If your master number is so low that you don’t get into Peabody IB, then you almost certainly will not get into the other DCPS on your list either (none of those have more than a handful of OB spots). You may get into ATLP but it is not a safety so don’t count on it. You need to add Tyler, AT SW and AT OK, if you want to be reasonably confident of getting in somewhere.

Depressing - Time to Move!

It may seem depressing but the years go by quickly and you will find a situation that works for you on the Hill if you are open minded. We have friends with kids at a wide variety of PK programs (public, public charter and private) all over the Hill and basically everyone is happy with where they are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure where on the Hill you live, but IB for Peabody and we listed (not in this order):

SWS
Cap Hill Montessori
Two Rivers 4th
Miner
Payne
Apple Tree Lincoln Park
Ludlow Taylor
JO

And did the LAMB lottery (which is separate)

Backing up to this post, because I’ve been in your shoes two years in a row. If your master number is so low that you don’t get into Peabody IB, then you almost certainly will not get into the other DCPS on your list either (none of those have more than a handful of OB spots). You may get into ATLP but it is not a safety so don’t count on it. You need to add Tyler, AT SW and AT OK, if you want to be reasonably confident of getting in somewhere.

Depressing - Time to Move!

It may seem depressing but the years go by quickly and you will find a situation that works for you on the Hill if you are open minded. We have friends with kids at a wide variety of PK programs (public, public charter and private) all over the Hill and basically everyone is happy with where they are.

Agree! Knock on wood it seemed very stressful at 3, but we now in K have a situation that appears to be going to work until 4th or 5th grade. Maybe we'll have to move then, but I'm super happy to be dug in on the Hill for now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
It may seem depressing but the years go by quickly and you will find a situation that works for you on the Hill if you are open minded. We have friends with kids at a wide variety of PK programs (public, public charter and private) all over the Hill and basically everyone is happy with where they are.

Wait, is such a sensible, positive, and true statement allowed on DCUM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How hard is it to get financial aid at Cap Hill Day School? Anyone think we have a good shot at 50% tuition with a HHI of $145 K?

If we don’t get Brent or FA at CHDS we will likely move to a 2 bedroom condo WOTP so we can send our son to J/L/Mu/Hearst with feeder rights to Deal/Wilson. We love the Hill but don’t have confidence in the schools.

This is such a weird post. Are you in-bounds for Brent? If so, you'll get in for K at the latest. If not, you won't get in, but there are other very good schools all across the Hill for which you may be in-bounds (Maury, Peabody, etc.) or for which you can enter the lottery (SWS, CHML).

If you are looking for PK3, it's not like you'll have that at any of the schools WOTP, so why no wait until your kid can go to Brent?

NP here - what about schools like Payne and Tyler? How are they doing? Why not include those in your list?

Those were on our list when we did the lottery years ago. But did you read the first post? If this person really thinks it's Brent, CHDS, or nothing, I'm guessing she has no interest in Payne or Tyler.

Payne had to open up a 3rd classroom to handle all the inbound PK3 kids last year. I think that opened up a few spots for OB kids but most of them were OB siblings. You might get in off the wait list as just OB close to the start of school but it will probably depend on if they have 2 or 3 classes next year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure where on the Hill you live, but IB for Peabody and we listed (not in this order):

SWS
Cap Hill Montessori
Two Rivers 4th
Miner
Payne
Apple Tree Lincoln Park
Ludlow Taylor
JO

And did the LAMB lottery (which is separate)

Backing up to this post, because I’ve been in your shoes two years in a row. If your master number is so low that you don’t get into Peabody IB, then you almost certainly will not get into the other DCPS on your list either (none of those have more than a handful of OB spots). You may get into ATLP but it is not a safety so don’t count on it. You need to add Tyler, AT SW and AT OK, if you want to be reasonably confident of getting in somewhere.

Depressing - Time to Move!

I completely disagree and hope you are joking. That there are no "safety schools" on the Hill anymore is an amazing indicator of how many families are staying on the Hill and investing in their schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure where on the Hill you live, but IB for Peabody and we listed (not in this order):

SWS
Cap Hill Montessori
Two Rivers 4th
Miner
Payne
Apple Tree Lincoln Park
Ludlow Taylor
JO

And did the LAMB lottery (which is separate)

Backing up to this post, because I’ve been in your shoes two years in a row. If your master number is so low that you don’t get into Peabody IB, then you almost certainly will not get into the other DCPS on your list either (none of those have more than a handful of OB spots). You may get into ATLP but it is not a safety so don’t count on it. You need to add Tyler, AT SW and AT OK, if you want to be reasonably confident of getting in somewhere.

Depressing - Time to Move!

It may seem depressing but the years go by quickly and you will find a situation that works for you on the Hill if you are open minded. We have friends with kids at a wide variety of PK programs (public, public charter and private) all over the Hill and basically everyone is happy with where they are.

Agree! Knock on wood it seemed very stressful at 3, but we now in K have a situation that appears to be going to work until 4th or 5th grade. Maybe we'll have to move then, but I'm super happy to be dug in on the Hill for now.

THIS!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How hard is it to get financial aid at Cap Hill Day School? Anyone think we have a good shot at 50% tuition with a HHI of $145 K?

If we don’t get Brent or FA at CHDS we will likely move to a 2 bedroom condo WOTP so we can send our son to J/L/Mu/Hearst with feeder rights to Deal/Wilson. We love the Hill but don’t have confidence in the schools.

OP, I don't think you'll be happy with any of the Hill schools that take OOB kids for PK. Just put down Peabody (you'll move on from there in a few years--I don't see you liking Watkins), SWS, and CHM@L and if you don't get in, move.

For other people reading this thread, some of the Appletrees are decent commutes from Capitol Hill. Eagle Academy Capitol Riverfront is a good option (that campus is closing soon so it will be a short-term option, or you'll have a longer commute after a year or two). Amidon-Bowen in Southwest seems good for PK3 and has some very involved parents--few of the high-income parents, though slowly more, are staying through K and beyond but that doesn't matter to the folks like OP who will leave after PK. Depending on commute and where exactly on the Hill, maybe Savoy (right near the Anacostia metro), Walker-Jones (close to downtown), or Nalle (by Benning Road; they have a montessori program)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure where on the Hill you live, but IB for Peabody and we listed (not in this order):

SWS
Cap Hill Montessori
Two Rivers 4th
Miner
Payne
Apple Tree Lincoln Park
Ludlow Taylor
JO

And did the LAMB lottery (which is separate)

Backing up to this post, because I’ve been in your shoes two years in a row. If your master number is so low that you don’t get into Peabody IB, then you almost certainly will not get into the other DCPS on your list either (none of those have more than a handful of OB spots). You may get into ATLP but it is not a safety so don’t count on it. You need to add Tyler, AT SW and AT OK, if you want to be reasonably confident of getting in somewhere.

Depressing - Time to Move!

I completely disagree and hope you are joking. That there are no "safety schools" on the Hill anymore is an amazing indicator of how many families are staying on the Hill and investing in their schools.

+1

And this is true for everywhere. If there aren't any "safety schools" in your general neighborhood, it means that your neighbors are sending their kids to the neighborhood schools, which usually means that the schools are getting better. Which is a good thing!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How hard is it to get financial aid at Cap Hill Day School? Anyone think we have a good shot at 50% tuition with a HHI of $145 K?

If we don’t get Brent or FA at CHDS we will likely move to a 2 bedroom condo WOTP so we can send our son to J/L/Mu/Hearst with feeder rights to Deal/Wilson. We love the Hill but don’t have confidence in the schools.

OP, I don't think you'll be happy with any of the Hill schools that take OOB kids for PK. Just put down Peabody (you'll move on from there in a few years--I don't see you liking Watkins), SWS, and CHM@L and if you don't get in, move.

For other people reading this thread, some of the Appletrees are decent commutes from Capitol Hill. Eagle Academy Capitol Riverfront is a good option (that campus is closing soon so it will be a short-term option, or you'll have a longer commute after a year or two). Amidon-Bowen in Southwest seems good for PK3 and has some very involved parents--few of the high-income parents, though slowly more, are staying through K and beyond but that doesn't matter to the folks like OP who will leave after PK. Depending on commute and where exactly on the Hill, maybe Savoy (right near the Anacostia metro), Walker-Jones (close to downtown), or Nalle (by Benning Road; they have a montessori program)

I don't think OP is the same as the Brent/CHDS-or-bust person. The suggestions to include the Apple Trees are good. Depending on where OP is commuting to, Walker-Jones is a possibility. But OP said their daycare is good, so they can stay there too.

[Anonymous]

What are folks impressions of KIPP schools in general? I understand this is deviating somewhat from the thread topic but wanted to put the question out there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are folks impressions of KIPP schools in general? I understand this is deviating somewhat from the thread topic but wanted to put the question out there.

There's another thread going on about this very topic.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/693821.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How hard is it to get financial aid at Cap Hill Day School? Anyone think we have a good shot at 50% tuition with a HHI of $145 K?

If we don’t get Brent or FA at CHDS we will likely move to a 2 bedroom condo WOTP so we can send our son to J/L/Mu/Hearst with feeder rights to Deal/Wilson. We love the Hill but don’t have confidence in the schools.

OP, I don't think you'll be happy with any of the Hill schools that take OOB kids for PK. Just put down Peabody (you'll move on from there in a few years--I don't see you liking Watkins), SWS, and CHM@L and if you don't get in, move.

For other people reading this thread, some of the Appletrees are decent commutes from Capitol Hill. Eagle Academy Capitol Riverfront is a good option (that campus is closing soon so it will be a short-term option, or you'll have a longer commute after a year or two). Amidon-Bowen in Southwest seems good for PK3 and has some very involved parents--few of the high-income parents, though slowly more, are staying through K and beyond but that doesn't matter to the folks like OP who will leave after PK. Depending on commute and where exactly on the Hill, maybe Savoy (right near the Anacostia metro), Walker-Jones (close to downtown), or Nalle (by Benning Road; they have a montessori program)

I would pick langley over Walker-Jones.

Try for the new Stokes EOTR.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure where on the Hill you live, but IB for Peabody and we listed (not in this order):

SWS
Cap Hill Montessori
Two Rivers 4th
Miner
Payne
Apple Tree Lincoln Park
Ludlow Taylor
JO

And did the LAMB lottery (which is separate)

Backing up to this post, because I’ve been in your shoes two years in a row. If your master number is so low that you don’t get into Peabody IB, then you almost certainly will not get into the other DCPS on your list either (none of those have more than a handful of OB spots). You may get into ATLP but it is not a safety so don’t count on it. You need to add Tyler, AT SW and AT OK, if you want to be reasonably confident of getting in somewhere.

I am the PP. We never got into Peabody. We did eventually get into Miner and Appletree.

[Anonymous]

We did the PK3 lottery last year - inbound for Peabody and did not get again. We got into our 12th choice school which was Kipp Connect, but went with another option. I recommend checking out Kipp Connect off of Mt. Olivett and potentially Friendship Chamberlain Elementary School off Potomac Ave. Both are Tier 1 charters. Kipp has a lovely facility and they do tools of the mind curriculum for their PK programs. Also, there will be another EW Stokes campus opening in Ward 7 or 8 which may not be that far to travel. We eventually would have gotten into Miner Elementary School and probably the AT SW and AT OK Ave. if we had put them on our list. Payne spots seemed to go to all inbound kids and kids with proximity preference.

[Anonymous]

At what grade to families start to leave these schools at? Seems like everyone wants early childhood seats at these schools but not so much the upper elementary grades.