Waitlist transparency (or lack thereof)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:First, CH = Columbia Heights, please stop using it for the Hill as it's confusing. the Hill is short enough already.

Second, given the complaints I hear from teachers on the Hill who have been unable to get their kids into their own school (despite sibling and proximity) I doubt it's true.

Columbia Heights is Columbia Heights, and nobody cared about it until the Target opened so please don't tell everyone what we must or must not say. As far as I know, Capitol Hill, the Hill or CH has been important in this city since its inception. In any event, it's had a metro stop with it's own name since the blue/orange opened as opposed to 2000.

No, I don't live in either one.

"nobody"? By "nobody" do you mean rich white people? Because I can assure you that people have been living in and caring about Columbia Heights since long before the Target opened. There is NO history outside of DCUM of calling the Hill "CH". Friggin ridiculous. Now go back to your sheltered little all white enclave.

Can I please refer to the Hill as "CH"? Pretty please! Pretty please with sugar on top! I promise I'll start caring about Columbia Heights despite its increasing suburban-oriented commercial mix. OK?

[Anonymous]

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dcmom wrote:Next year, after the lottery occurs, the principals will no longer manage the waitlists, according to the MSDC people at the focus group I attended. All waitlists will be managed centrally through MSDC. This year, MSDC only did the lottery, not the waitlist management.

there are 2 separate things at play:
1. Waitlist mgmt - are they following the order of the waitlist
2. Principal discretion - does the principal allow someone into the school outside of the standards of inbounds and waitlists.

But next year onwards a principal won't be able to do this second thing above without the central office noticing the discrepancy between waitlist and enrollment. After a quick and computer automated accounting they'll say wait, those last two kids you admitted to fill the class, they weren't next on the list. Where did they come from? And so principals will have to justify such things on the basis of hardship or whatever criteria. It will be a lot harder to cheat waitlists, provided central office does a proper job. Bravo.

My money is on "WL management by central office" stopping at the first day if school and there's done finagling occurring after that for sure.

+1000. There's always a way to game the system.

[Anonymous]

As one poster noted, DCPS has required a certain number of seats to be set aside for the purpose of programs like Head Start and Early Stages (as well as NCLB in past years). Principals were more or less free to fill unused spaces by enrolling children of teachers, and in some instances, attempting to increase SES diversity. Bear in mind that even the most highly sought after Hill schools were able to accommodate all IB three and four year olds until a couple of years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First, CH = Columbia Heights, please stop using it for the Hill as it's confusing. the Hill is short enough already.

Second, given the complaints I hear from teachers on the Hill who have been unable to get their kids into their own school (despite sibling and proximity) I doubt it's true.

Columbia Heights is Columbia Heights, and nobody cared about it until the Target opened so please don't tell everyone what we must or must not say. As far as I know, Capitol Hill, the Hill or CH has been important in this city since its inception. In any event, it's had a metro stop with it's own name since the blue/orange opened as opposed to 2000.

No, I don't live in either one.

"nobody"? By "nobody" do you mean rich white people? Because I can assure you that people have been living in and caring about Columbia Heights since long before the Target opened. There is NO history outside of DCUM of calling the Hill "CH". Friggin ridiculous. Now go back to your sheltered little all white enclave.

Can I please refer to the Hill as "CH"? Pretty please! Pretty please with sugar on top! I promise I'll start caring about Columbia Heights despite its increasing suburban-oriented commercial mix. OK?

NP here. You can refer to the hill as Tulsa, but any time anyone says CH, I am also going to think you mean Columbia Heights (which is way longer to type than Hill).

[Anonymous]

It seems pretty clear to me that CH refers to the Hill in the offending post. Not sure why some find it so confusing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems pretty clear to me that CH refers to the Hill in the offending post. Not sure why some find it so confusing?

Because there are posters in other threads that keep trying to make fetch, I mean CH=Cap Hill happen.

[Anonymous]

Couldn't you FOIA this? Any emails or documents related to the placement of children in staff at schools outside of the annual lottery process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems pretty clear to me that CH refers to the Hill in the offending post. Not sure why some find it so confusing?

Because there are posters in other threads that keep trying to make fetch, I mean CH=Cap Hill happen.

I think Capital Hill is already happening. Columbia Heights is too, but that whole commercial strip with Giant and Target and Ruby Tuesday and Best Buy is depressing. It looks like Anandale.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Couldn't you FOIA this? Any emails or documents related to the placement of children in staff at schools outside of the annual lottery process.

You might see some blacked out pages due to privacy issues in four or five years, and only after filing suit. Why not speak with the principal about this pseudo concern?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First, CH = Columbia Heights, please stop using it for the Hill as it's confusing. the Hill is short enough already.

Second, given the complaints I hear from teachers on the Hill who have been unable to get their kids into their own school (despite sibling and proximity) I doubt it's true.

Columbia Heights is Columbia Heights, and nobody cared about it until the Target opened so please don't tell everyone what we must or must not say. As far as I know, Capitol Hill, the Hill or CH has been important in this city since its inception. In any event, it's had a metro stop with it's own name since the blue/orange opened as opposed to 2000.

No, I don't live in either one.

"nobody"? By "nobody" do you mean rich white people? Because I can assure you that people have been living in and caring about Columbia Heights since long before the Target opened. There is NO history outside of DCUM of calling the Hill "CH". Friggin ridiculous. Now go back to your sheltered little all white enclave.

Can I please refer to the Hill as "CH"? Pretty please! Pretty please with sugar on top! I promise I'll start caring about Columbia Heights despite its increasing suburban-oriented commercial mix. OK?

NP here. You can refer to the hill as Tulsa, but any time anyone says CH, I am also going to think you mean Columbia Heights (which is way longer to type than Hill).

Do as you please. You are also free to think that Obama is not a US citizen and that Kraft singles are actually cheese.

[Anonymous]

Back to the original question, has anyone gotten clear waitlist movement info from Stokes?

[Anonymous]

That wasn't the original question. Why not call Stokes and if there is anything to report post it on DCUM? When exactly did we all become so lazy?

[Anonymous]

I'm asking because I have called and have not gotten a clear answer, as have two other friends from the neighborhood who originally had good numbers in two different grades.

[Anonymous]

I know two parents who got into K off the waitlist in recent days - mid 20s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm asking because I have called and have not gotten a clear answer, as have two other friends from the neighborhood who originally had good numbers in two different grades.

Stokes?