Public/Charter School Lottery Experience

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks everyone. I'm new to all of this, so all information is welcomed. I guess I have a lot to think about and I may have to re-evaluate some of my choices. I will take all of your suggestions and information into consideration.

As for the rude comments by the anonymous poster, in the great words of Michelle Obama "When they go low, we go high!".

Have a nice day everyone!

-G

If you give a general geographic area of where you live, people may be able to suggest some DCPS schools and charters that have solid preschool programs without the long waitlists. I'm not sure how you are defining diversity, though -- you might want to clarify that to get good advice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok I think this thread is over the top. Poor person is new to all this. Way to squash them.

Also, diversity does indeed exist at most schools in DC! My HRCS is very diverse in race income and nationality. At least, compared to most of America. I think you’re being a bit harsh here. The only non diverse schools are in upper NW, I terms of being mostly white and wealthy, but the OP won’t attempt those I hope. Mostly black schools aren’t diverse in the sense that they have one race/class mostly.

Or is it that you posters believe only tip top scores are acceptable? That’s your own bias not necessarily OP. I think they want what most of us want.

It was the OP who said she wants a school that does "very well academically". It is just hard to find a genuinely diverse school that does that. Does your HRCS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok I think this thread is over the top. Poor person is new to all this. Way to squash them.

Also, diversity does indeed exist at most schools in DC! My HRCS is very diverse in race income and nationality. At least, compared to most of America. I think you’re being a bit harsh here. The only non diverse schools are in upper NW, I terms of being mostly white and wealthy, but the OP won’t attempt those I hope. Mostly black schools aren’t diverse in the sense that they have one race/class mostly.

Or is it that you posters believe only tip top scores are acceptable? That’s your own bias not necessarily OP. I think they want what most of us want.

Why would you hope that? I understand why someone would not choose those schools, but they might be just what OP is looking for. If she wants mostly cultural diversity, she'll find plenty of that given the many international families at those schools. And even the whitest is only 75% white (not 90%+ of one race, like many DCPS at the other end of the spectrum). Given that OP ruled out her neighborhood school right off the bat, it doesn't sound like SES diversity is a priority for her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok I think this thread is over the top. Poor person is new to all this. Way to squash them.

Also, diversity does indeed exist at most schools in DC! My HRCS is very diverse in race income and nationality. At least, compared to most of America. I think you’re being a bit harsh here. The only non diverse schools are in upper NW, I terms of being mostly white and wealthy, but the OP won’t attempt those I hope. Mostly black schools aren’t diverse in the sense that they have one race/class mostly.

Or is it that you posters believe only tip top scores are acceptable? That’s your own bias not necessarily OP. I think they want what most of us want.

Why would you hope that? I understand why someone would not choose those schools, but they might be just what OP is looking for. If she wants mostly cultural diversity, she'll find plenty of that given the many international families at those schools. And even the whitest is only 75% white (not 90%+ of one race, like many DCPS at the other end of the spectrum). Given that OP ruled out her neighborhood school right off the bat, it doesn't sound like SES diversity is a priority for her.

Oops, I realize you said "attempt" and not "attend". That makes more sense.

[Anonymous]

Here is the deal - the NW schools that have the International Families do not have PreK3. So they are not even a part of consideration for the OP.

[Anonymous]

I still want OP to come back here and defend her decision not to use the same schools as her neighbors. What is so bad about the neighborhood where she chose to live and raise a family that she cannot even consider sending her child to school with the children in the neighborhood?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here is the deal - the NW schools that have the International Families do not have PreK3. So they are not even a part of consideration for the OP.

Not for PK3 but certainly in the long run if she decides to move when the lottery doesn't pan out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I still want OP to come back here and defend her decision not to use the same schools as her neighbors. What is so bad about the neighborhood where she chose to live and raise a family that she cannot even consider sending her child to school with the children in the neighborhood?

To be fair, a lot of the problems with DCPS are because of the adults, not the kids. If someone is not happy with the faculty or leadership, that is an okay reason to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still want OP to come back here and defend her decision not to use the same schools as her neighbors. What is so bad about the neighborhood where she chose to live and raise a family that she cannot even consider sending her child to school with the children in the neighborhood?

To be fair, a lot of the problems with DCPS are because of the adults, not the kids. If someone is not happy with the faculty or leadership, that is an okay reason to me.

+1. 14:45, it seems like you're on a witch hunt. Let it go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still want OP to come back here and defend her decision not to use the same schools as her neighbors. What is so bad about the neighborhood where she chose to live and raise a family that she cannot even consider sending her child to school with the children in the neighborhood?

To be fair, a lot of the problems with DCPS are because of the adults, not the kids. If someone is not happy with the faculty or leadership, that is an okay reason to me.

This. I would not do our IB because of several incidents that made the news last year. Where we went has similar demographics, if anything it is less gentrified and less diverse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still want OP to come back here and defend her decision not to use the same schools as her neighbors. What is so bad about the neighborhood where she chose to live and raise a family that she cannot even consider sending her child to school with the children in the neighborhood?

To be fair, a lot of the problems with DCPS are because of the adults, not the kids. If someone is not happy with the faculty or leadership, that is an okay reason to me.

This. I would not do our IB because of several incidents that made the news last year. Where we went has similar demographics, if anything it is less gentrified and less diverse.

Your guess is as good as anyone's since OP hasn't actually said what makes her IB a non-starter, even for ECE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I still want OP to come back here and defend her decision not to use the same schools as her neighbors. What is so bad about the neighborhood where she chose to live and raise a family that she cannot even consider sending her child to school with the children in the neighborhood?

You just want something to argue about. Go find something to do with yourself, instead of trying to start a fight on the internet!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still want OP to come back here and defend her decision not to use the same schools as her neighbors. What is so bad about the neighborhood where she chose to live and raise a family that she cannot even consider sending her child to school with the children in the neighborhood?

To be fair, a lot of the problems with DCPS are because of the adults, not the kids. If someone is not happy with the faculty or leadership, that is an okay reason to me.

This. I would not do our IB because of several incidents that made the news last year. Where we went has similar demographics, if anything it is less gentrified and less diverse.

Your guess is as good as anyone's since OP hasn't actually said what makes her IB a non-starter, even for ECE.

+1 I doubt OP knows much about her in-bounds, based on her post. She certainly doesn't make a case for why it is automatically off the table.

[Anonymous]

And the beauty of DCUM is that SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO. The main point of her post was how to navigate the lottery process and the stress of it. She's gotten some good tips.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I still want OP to come back here and defend her decision not to use the same schools as her neighbors. What is so bad about the neighborhood where she chose to live and raise a family that she cannot even consider sending her child to school with the children in the neighborhood?

Defend. LOL.

More than 50 percent of students in the city have parents who have made the same choice. OP worded it in a way that is easy to pick on in a way that I know you wouldn't have the courage to do to many of the families that have reached the same conclusion.