Neighborhoods EOTP

[Anonymous]

I live in a tight knit ward 5 community with lots of young kids who all attend high-quality Capitol Hill public schools with oob admission or desirable charter schools. Most of us have kids 2nd grade or younger. Wondering if our neighbors are all just lucky since all I hear on this board is how people are shut out from the school lottery process. We all seemed to have found great places for our kids, at least for elementary school.

[Anonymous]

Ditto, though I live in Ward 6. I wonder if the year my friends and I applied was a good year. Or maybe most people actually end up somewhere they like.

[Anonymous]

Ditto, but downtown. People like to complain before it shakes out and they try the school they get.

[Anonymous]

Also, many of the people who didn't get into schools the liked moved already, so the aren't in your neighborhood any more to be in your informal poll.

[Anonymous]

^^i was going to say the same thing. The people who didn't like what they got have left the neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

I'm in ward 5 but closer to brookland than the hill. My impression is that it's gotten a lot harder to get the desirable schools. So many conversations in the playground from people with kids in second grade are like: have you tried stokes? A lot of our friends go there. Or, did you know lamb has a campus nearby? You should look there. And if you like Montessori, try Logan. They have a lot of seats.

Our wait list numbers in the hundreds at all these schools seen to suggest otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm in ward 5 but closer to brookland than the hill. My impression is that it's gotten a lot harder to get the desirable schools. So many conversations in the playground from people with kids in second grade are like: have you tried stokes? A lot of our friends go there. Or, did you know lamb has a campus nearby? You should look there. And if you like Montessori, try Logan. They have a lot of seats.

Our wait list numbers in the hundreds at all these schools seen to suggest otherwise.

This is so true! Someone posted on the Brookland listserv (in response to some parents who had been totally shut in the common lottery), "Have you tried Inspired Teaching? My kids go there, it's so wonderful, etc. they should have openings." So clueless!

[Anonymous]

In terms of Brookland, having lived here 20 years it does appear that the supply of good options has been overtaken by the very large number of kids. When I first moved to here there were lots of grandma's not very many families. Much has been written about why Brookland has never been able to create a Brent or Maury but it maybe reaching that critical point, but it will take commitment and not peeling off for the next possible charter to arrive in the neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in ward 5 but closer to brookland than the hill. My impression is that it's gotten a lot harder to get the desirable schools. So many conversations in the playground from people with kids in second grade are like: have you tried stokes? A lot of our friends go there. Or, did you know lamb has a campus nearby? You should look there. And if you like Montessori, try Logan. They have a lot of seats.

Our wait list numbers in the hundreds at all these schools seen to suggest otherwise.

This is so true! Someone posted on the Brookland listserv (in response to some parents who had been totally shut in the common lottery), "Have you tried Inspired Teaching? My kids go there, it's so wonderful, etc. they should have openings." So clueless!

+2 that post chafed me too

[Anonymous]

But how old are your kids. If under kindergarten, try again and stop complaining.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, many of the people who didn't get into schools the liked moved already, so the aren't in your neighborhood any more to be in your informal poll.

No, not really. Not a lot of move outs for school-age kids unless it's a relocation out of the area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ditto, but downtown. People like to complain before it shakes out and they try the school they get.

Also downtown and most of my friends got into a top choice as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, many of the people who didn't get into schools the liked moved already, so the aren't in your neighborhood any more to be in your informal poll.

No, not really. Not a lot of move outs for school-age kids unless it's a relocation out of the area.

I know of 3 families that did not get decent K spot and moved to MD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But how old are your kids. If under kindergarten, try again and stop complaining.

yeah - keep "trying" to win the lottery, and if you're not successful, stop complaining and just move or accept that you're one of life's losers and the system is set up so that that outcome is acceptable in public education in DC. [sarcasm]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ditto, but downtown. People like to complain before it shakes out and they try the school they get.

Also downtown and most of my friends got into a top choice as well.

Well, "lucky" you --you got a decent education for your kid just by picking the right number. too bad about those complainers who aren't patient enough to wait until things shake out for them (maybe) and the city provides a decent public education for them too. [sarcasm]