Schools to consider - live in Crestwood

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Try Dorothy Height, Barnard or Brightwood. HD Cooke is possible as well.

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Anonymous wrote:We live in Crestwood and both of our kids go to Oyster Bilingual. We love that school, and it’s community.

May I ask, how did you get into Oyster (for the first kid, at least) with no preference? Looking at waitlist data, it looks like you can only get a spot if you have sibling preference or, at least, in-bound preference. Wondering if I'm missing something in how this whole lotto works! I'm not putting any schools where, based on waitlist data, I have zero chance of getting in because even everyone on the waitlist has some sort of preference....but are you saying there's a chance I'm not seeing?? I put Oyster on the wasted-pick list for this very reason.

We are bilingual. Our kids first language is Spanish. So we simply did the lottery to get in on the Spanish side and our first child was the last number on the list to be picked out of bounds. We got extremely lucky. Oyster then tested our child to be sure our kid spoke Spanish. When it came time for our second, we had sibling preference but still had to be tested for Spanish.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, it is incredible short sighted to choose a school for the next 6 years based on whether your kindergartner will have two recesses. Please think about upper grades as you order your preferences. They come faster than you can imagine.

This. Especially to consider a school like CMI where most every person I know is going crazy to get out of the school.

Can you expand on why every person you know is trying to get out of CMI? Considering it for PK3, from the open house, it seemed like a very warm environment with staff that seemed invested in the school. And they mentioned that a lot of the administrative staff was all fairly new and they were aware that they needed to make some changes. And the student to teacher ratio was wonderfully low. But I only know one person who has a child there and she is happy....would love any more details on the bad things you've heard!

NP and current CMI parent. I would take the CMI detractors on this board with a big grain of salt. My 1st grader is thinking, reading, writing, learning, and having recess 2x per day. We are not desperate to leave.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, it is incredible short sighted to choose a school for the next 6 years based on whether your kindergartner will have two recesses. Please think about upper grades as you order your preferences. They come faster than you can imagine.

This. Especially to consider a school like CMI where most every person I know is going crazy to get out of the school.

Can you expand on why every person you know is trying to get out of CMI? Considering it for PK3, from the open house, it seemed like a very warm environment with staff that seemed invested in the school. And they mentioned that a lot of the administrative staff was all fairly new and they were aware that they needed to make some changes. And the student to teacher ratio was wonderfully low. But I only know one person who has a child there and she is happy....would love any more details on the bad things you've heard!

NP and current CMI parent. I would take the CMI detractors on this board with a big grain of salt. My 1st grader is thinking, reading, writing, learning, and having recess 2x per day. We are not desperate to leave.

Have you ever entered the lottery since you started attending? Are you doing so this year?

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Our son has two recesses in Dorothy height as a PRE-K3 student

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I wouldn’t rank CMI ahead of Powell. I get that recess is important but you’ll thank me later to prioritize what’s happening inside the doors over outside in two years. I would look at Shepherd, Capital City, West, and Barnard if I were you/where you are. I know Ross, Eaton, and Hearst are long shots, but if you have room, try them.

There is zero chance OOB for Ross. At open house they said there were 19 seats, 13 of which they expected to go to siblings. I personally know at least 10 rising ok 4 kids zoned for Ross who don’t have siblings and they will all go to arias if they get in. Ross no longer has PK3

Sorry for the typos! I leant they will go to Ross if they get in

This is for K though, not PK4

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Anonymous wrote:OP, it is incredible short sighted to choose a school for the next 6 years based on whether your kindergartner will have two recesses. Please think about upper grades as you order your preferences. They come faster than you can imagine.

This. Especially to consider a school like CMI where most every person I know is going crazy to get out of the school.

Can you expand on why every person you know is trying to get out of CMI? Considering it for PK3, from the open house, it seemed like a very warm environment with staff that seemed invested in the school. And they mentioned that a lot of the administrative staff was all fairly new and they were aware that they needed to make some changes. And the student to teacher ratio was wonderfully low. But I only know one person who has a child there and she is happy....would love any more details on the bad things you've heard!

NP and current CMI parent. I would take the CMI detractors on this board with a big grain of salt. My 1st grader is thinking, reading, writing, learning, and having recess 2x per day. We are not desperate to leave.

Have you ever entered the lottery since you started attending? Are you doing so this year?

This will be the first year since we started at CMI that we are doing the lottery. I’m putting SWS, ITS, 2 Rivers 4th St on the list - schools that have better test scores on the list. (Our inbound, Noyes, does not have better test scores.) I know test scores aren’t everything, but... I don’t know. If we have an awesome number and get into one of these [very hard to get into] schools I’ll take a good look at our options, but if we stay at CMI, I’m happy with that. FWIW, we don’t plan to be in DC for middle school so we’re only concerned with elementary.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, it is incredible short sighted to choose a school for the next 6 years based on whether your kindergartner will have two recesses. Please think about upper grades as you order your preferences. They come faster than you can imagine.

This. Especially to consider a school like CMI where most every person I know is going crazy to get out of the school.

Can you expand on why every person you know is trying to get out of CMI? Considering it for PK3, from the open house, it seemed like a very warm environment with staff that seemed invested in the school. And they mentioned that a lot of the administrative staff was all fairly new and they were aware that they needed to make some changes. And the student to teacher ratio was wonderfully low. But I only know one person who has a child there and she is happy....would love any more details on the bad things you've heard!

NP and current CMI parent. I would take the CMI detractors on this board with a big grain of salt. My 1st grader is thinking, reading, writing, learning, and having recess 2x per day. We are not desperate to leave.

Have you ever entered the lottery since you started attending? Are you doing so this year?

This will be the first year since we started at CMI that we are doing the lottery. I’m putting SWS, ITS, 2 Rivers 4th St on the list - schools that have better test scores on the list. (Our inbound, Noyes, does not have better test scores.) I know test scores aren’t everything, but... I don’t know. If we have an awesome number and get into one of these [very hard to get into] schools I’ll take a good look at our options, but if we stay at CMI, I’m happy with that. FWIW, we don’t plan to be in DC for middle school so we’re only concerned with elementary.

ITS is not that hard to get into. Lots of people have come over from CMI in the past few years.

Why are you leaving CMI exactly, then?

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Anonymous wrote:OP, it is incredible short sighted to choose a school for the next 6 years based on whether your kindergartner will have two recesses. Please think about upper grades as you order your preferences. They come faster than you can imagine.

This. Especially to consider a school like CMI where most every person I know is going crazy to get out of the school.

Can you expand on why every person you know is trying to get out of CMI? Considering it for PK3, from the open house, it seemed like a very warm environment with staff that seemed invested in the school. And they mentioned that a lot of the administrative staff was all fairly new and they were aware that they needed to make some changes. And the student to teacher ratio was wonderfully low. But I only know one person who has a child there and she is happy....would love any more details on the bad things you've heard!

NP and current CMI parent. I would take the CMI detractors on this board with a big grain of salt. My 1st grader is thinking, reading, writing, learning, and having recess 2x per day. We are not desperate to leave.

Have you ever entered the lottery since you started attending? Are you doing so this year?

This will be the first year since we started at CMI that we are doing the lottery. I’m putting SWS, ITS, 2 Rivers 4th St on the list - schools that have better test scores on the list. (Our inbound, Noyes, does not have better test scores.) I know test scores aren’t everything, but... I don’t know. If we have an awesome number and get into one of these [very hard to get into] schools I’ll take a good look at our options, but if we stay at CMI, I’m happy with that. FWIW, we don’t plan to be in DC for middle school so we’re only concerned with elementary.

ITS is not that hard to get into. Lots of people have come over from CMI in the past few years.

Why are you leaving CMI exactly, then?

ITS is rather hard to get into. Have you seen the waitlists?

[Anonymous]

General info is on myschool.dc.org by school listing.

Murch has 58 K slots last year and only 13 were called off a waitlist of 261.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, it is incredible short sighted to choose a school for the next 6 years based on whether your kindergartner will have two recesses. Please think about upper grades as you order your preferences. They come faster than you can imagine.

This. Especially to consider a school like CMI where most every person I know is going crazy to get out of the school.

Can you expand on why every person you know is trying to get out of CMI? Considering it for PK3, from the open house, it seemed like a very warm environment with staff that seemed invested in the school. And they mentioned that a lot of the administrative staff was all fairly new and they were aware that they needed to make some changes. And the student to teacher ratio was wonderfully low. But I only know one person who has a child there and she is happy....would love any more details on the bad things you've heard!

NP and current CMI parent. I would take the CMI detractors on this board with a big grain of salt. My 1st grader is thinking, reading, writing, learning, and having recess 2x per day. We are not desperate to leave.

Have you ever entered the lottery since you started attending? Are you doing so this year?

This will be the first year since we started at CMI that we are doing the lottery. I’m putting SWS, ITS, 2 Rivers 4th St on the list - schools that have better test scores on the list. (Our inbound, Noyes, does not have better test scores.) I know test scores aren’t everything, but... I don’t know. If we have an awesome number and get into one of these [very hard to get into] schools I’ll take a good look at our options, but if we stay at CMI, I’m happy with that. FWIW, we don’t plan to be in DC for middle school so we’re only concerned with elementary.

ITS is not that hard to get into. Lots of people have come over from CMI in the past few years.

Why are you leaving CMI exactly, then?

ITS is rather hard to get into. Have you seen the waitlists?

NP- Agreed, the ITS waitlists hardly moved this year. It's my #1 choice and we didn't get in with a pretty good draw.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, it is incredible short sighted to choose a school for the next 6 years based on whether your kindergartner will have two recesses. Please think about upper grades as you order your preferences. They come faster than you can imagine.

This. Especially to consider a school like CMI where most every person I know is going crazy to get out of the school.

Can you expand on why every person you know is trying to get out of CMI? Considering it for PK3, from the open house, it seemed like a very warm environment with staff that seemed invested in the school. And they mentioned that a lot of the administrative staff was all fairly new and they were aware that they needed to make some changes. And the student to teacher ratio was wonderfully low. But I only know one person who has a child there and she is happy....would love any more details on the bad things you've heard!

NP and current CMI parent. I would take the CMI detractors on this board with a big grain of salt. My 1st grader is thinking, reading, writing, learning, and having recess 2x per day. We are not desperate to leave.

Have you ever entered the lottery since you started attending? Are you doing so this year?

This will be the first year since we started at CMI that we are doing the lottery. I’m putting SWS, ITS, 2 Rivers 4th St on the list - schools that have better test scores on the list. (Our inbound, Noyes, does not have better test scores.) I know test scores aren’t everything, but... I don’t know. If we have an awesome number and get into one of these [very hard to get into] schools I’ll take a good look at our options, but if we stay at CMI, I’m happy with that. FWIW, we don’t plan to be in DC for middle school so we’re only concerned with elementary.

ITS is not that hard to get into. Lots of people have come over from CMI in the past few years.

Why are you leaving CMI exactly, then?

I don’t know that we are leaving. But if we get in some where, we’ll do a tour and talk to parents and try to figure out if wherever we get in has the positives of CMI (joyful educational model, pedagogical emphasis on curiosity and inquiry) but at the same time seems more rigorous academically. Our kid seems generally ok academically, but I do wonder if another school would have him doing more advanced work, without sacrificing the fun.