Do parents choose Latin/BASIS over Deal/J-R?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do you still need to come from a feeder tonget to DCI? Are the feeders still all lottery?

No you do not have to come from a feeder. You can get in without it but chances are lower since feeder kids have preference. You can’t win if you don’t play.

BTW, oyster families also try to get into DCI because Adams is so small and limited in offerings all around.

Oyster families do not go for DCI. There has not been any significant Oyster attrition at all and definitely not to DCI.

I’m PP above and yes know Oyster families who try to lottery into DCi as recent as the last lottery for this year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you still need to come from a feeder tonget to DCI? Are the feeders still all lottery?

No you do not have to come from a feeder. You can get in without it but chances are lower since feeder kids have preference. You can’t win if you don’t play.

BTW, oyster families also try to get into DCI because Adams is so small and limited in offerings all around.

Oyster families do not go for DCI. There has not been any significant Oyster attrition at all and definitely not to DCI.

I’m PP above and yes know Oyster families who try to lottery into DCi as recent as the last lottery for this year.

PP again, it doesn’t mean they got in but yes they lottery for DCI.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you still need to come from a feeder tonget to DCI? Are the feeders still all lottery?

No you do not have to come from a feeder. You can get in without it but chances are lower since feeder kids have preference. You can’t win if you don’t play.

BTW, oyster families also try to get into DCI because Adams is so small and limited in offerings all around.

Oyster families do not go for DCI. There has not been any significant Oyster attrition at all and definitely not to DCI.

I’m PP above and yes know Oyster families who try to lottery into DCi as recent as the last lottery for this year.

PP again, it doesn’t mean they got in but yes they lottery for DCI.

I am an Oyster Adams parent and this is not a significant number of families. Maybe a few every year because the commute would be better.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you still need to come from a feeder tonget to DCI? Are the feeders still all lottery?

No you do not have to come from a feeder. You can get in without it but chances are lower since feeder kids have preference. You can’t win if you don’t play.

BTW, oyster families also try to get into DCI because Adams is so small and limited in offerings all around.

Oyster families do not go for DCI. There has not been any significant Oyster attrition at all and definitely not to DCI.

I’m PP above and yes know Oyster families who try to lottery into DCi as recent as the last lottery for this year.

PP again, it doesn’t mean they got in but yes they lottery for DCI.

I am an Oyster Adams parent and this is not a significant number of families. Maybe a few every year because the commute would be better.

PP above, that is not the reason for the families I know. It’s because they want a pathway thru high school for spanish in addition to more broader curriculum and EC offerings.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it important to know this now? Will it inform a decision you’re making about where to live?

If you’re already in the Deal/JR feeder pattern, just sit tight and enjoy elementary school. You’ll know a lot more about your kid and what sort of environment they’ll thrive in when they’re in 3rd or 4th grade.

OP reviving this old thread. Yes, this is me. I assumed that because I moved into the best pyramid in DC that I was all set. I’m starting to realize that was a naive assumption and now weighing options. It makes a lot of sense that I need to wait and see, but I can already tell that the current state of public schools might not work.

What are your concerns, OP? We are considering moving up to that pyramid.

Not specific to DCPS. Things like mainstreaming special needs kids to the detriment of all, declining standards in math and especially literacy, large class sizes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is it important to know this now? Will it inform a decision you’re making about where to live?

If you’re already in the Deal/JR feeder pattern, just sit tight and enjoy elementary school. You’ll know a lot more about your kid and what sort of environment they’ll thrive in when they’re in 3rd or 4th grade.

OP reviving this old thread. Yes, this is me. I assumed that because I moved into the best pyramid in DC that I was all set. I’m starting to realize that was a naive assumption and now weighing options. It makes a lot of sense that I need to wait and see, but I can already tell that the current state of public schools might not work.

What are your concerns, OP? We are considering moving up to that pyramid.

Not specific to DCPS. Things like mainstreaming special needs kids to the detriment of all, declining standards in math and especially literacy, large class sizes.

You can also add the new horrible science curriculum to that.

[Anonymous]

We were IB for Deal/JR but chose Latin because the extremely small class size was a much better fit for our kid's learning style. Kid also had some SPED needs and I was spectacularly unimpressed with the Deal offerings in that regard. I asked the rather supercilious Deal guy about IEP support for our dyslexic DC and was told it would only be provided for math and English. I said "Do they not have to read in social studies or science . . . ?" But if we had had a neurotypical DC who was self-motivated and was okay with the large school size, then Deal/JR would have been fine.

[Anonymous]

I chose Basis over Deal. It was the availability of Deal/JR that made the choice easier. I was pretty sure that Basis would be the right fit (and it was), but it isn't a sure thing, and I wanted a good back up if I was going to pull the child out. I didn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Title says it all. Do parents who can choose Deal/J-R also trying lottery luck for Basis and Latin? Parent of a preschooler, please be nice.

I cannot imagine picking Deal over Latin. I also cannot imagine picking BASIS over Deal.

[Anonymous]

We picked Basis over Deal.

Deal is OK but J-R is not good. Basis has a great high school option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We picked Basis over Deal.

Deal is OK but J-R is not good. Basis has a great high school option.

Same.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you still need to come from a feeder tonget to DCI? Are the feeders still all lottery?

No you do not have to come from a feeder. You can get in without it but chances are lower since feeder kids have preference. You can’t win if you don’t play.

BTW, oyster families also try to get into DCI because Adams is so small and limited in offerings all around.

Oyster families do not go for DCI. There has not been any significant Oyster attrition at all and definitely not to DCI.

I’m PP above and yes know Oyster families who try to lottery into DCi as recent as the last lottery for this year.

PP again, it doesn’t mean they got in but yes they lottery for DCI.

I am an Oyster Adams parent and this is not a significant number of families. Maybe a few every year because the commute would be better.

How would you know? You have no way of knowing this. People from oyster would be very unlikely to get into DCI bc there just aren’t many spots for high school and zero for middle. Please don’t post false information.

Also as tutor for many families at OA I know many many families who try to lottery to DCI bc JR just doesn’t have a spanish program like dci does.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Title says it all. Do parents who can choose Deal/J-R also trying lottery luck for Basis and Latin? Parent of a preschooler, please be nice.

I cannot imagine picking Deal over Latin. I also cannot imagine picking BASIS over Deal.

Ok, that sounds like your preference? But not everyone's. At BASIS and my child has some friends who live in the Deal zone, so clearly some people prefer it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Title says it all. Do parents who can choose Deal/J-R also trying lottery luck for Basis and Latin? Parent of a preschooler, please be nice.

I cannot imagine picking Deal over Latin. I also cannot imagine picking BASIS over Deal.

Ok, that sounds like your preference? But not everyone's. At BASIS and my child has some friends who live in the Deal zone, so clearly some people prefer it.

NP sure but it’s not alot at all. The data is all there to see.

[Anonymous]

Your odds of latin/basis are like 10 percent. Many move for 6th grade.