Waitlists are moving like crazy

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Anonymous wrote:Stokes third grade spanish isn't moving much. I have only moved 4 spots in three months.

I got a stokes bl offer with a post lottery application.

[Anonymous]

My kindergarten lists are flying.

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I hope that just means people end up where they really want to me. Want a SH feeder? You got it. Want immersion or dual language? You got it. Priority is Montessori, you got it. Want your dcps that has waitlisted siblings? Got it. Want French and to stay east of the river? Yup.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kindergarten lists are flying.

Which schools?

[Anonymous]

I've been watching angst/conversations on our lock listserv in Ward 5 of what all this means.. and I feel like I need to weigh in to remind everyone everywhere that DCUM is an amazing resource, but it doesn't represent the general populace of DC. Ask real questions of parents at the schools. If you don't know any, ask them to talk to current parents. I'm a parent of a kid at a school many DCUM parents are tracking, and if asked here, there or via the school Ill still give the highs and lows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've been watching angst/conversations on our lock listserv in Ward 5 of what all this means.. and I feel like I need to weigh in to remind everyone everywhere that DCUM is an amazing resource, but it doesn't represent the general populace of DC. Ask real questions of parents at the schools. If you don't know any, ask them to talk to current parents. I'm a parent of a kid at a school many DCUM parents are tracking, and if asked here, there or via the school Ill still give the highs and lows.

So give your highs and lows. Which school and what’s your feedback?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kindergarten lists are flying.

Which schools?

Highly regarded DCPS, except Deal feeders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kindergarten lists are flying.

Which schools?

Highly regarded DCPS, except Deal feeders.

Errr, say what now? Which schools are these? (Genuine question.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stokes third grade spanish isn't moving much. I have only moved 4 spots in three months.

I got a stokes bl offer with a post lottery application.

what grade? I am not moving at all for third grade so far.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh man, I'm not seeing any movement on my son's Prek4 waitlists. Ugh..

I had heard to anticipate some movement in early July - does anyone know why?

SWS for second grade. The waitlist has “moved” but it seems only for siblings. Our waitlist number has remained the same.

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Anonymous wrote:We are on PK4 for Stokes Spanish and French, MV, CHML, LT, TRY, and others, and have seen a lot of movement. We won't count any chickens until they hatch, but compared to the movement we saw for these same schools for PK3, I'm a lot more optimistic. Though I feel generally anxious about what it means for DC public schools (including charters) that demand for these spots seems to be down over prior years. Hopefully it's a blip and the folks who stuck it out through the pandemic will be extra committed.

The only schools that haven't moved at all are SWS and Maury. That makes sense because SWS is always very in demand and my impression on Capitol Hill is that a TON of people with young kids have moved inbounds for Maury in the last couple years, plus it's the #1 choice for a lot of people trying to lottery out of Miner. But a lot of movement elsewhere on the Hill.

How do you know this info about capitol hill schools? My kid's number at brent hasn't moved at all.

From anecdotal experience, the waitlist doesn’t move much past K

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kindergarten lists are flying.

Which schools?

Highly regarded DCPS, except Deal feeders.

Errr, say what now? Which schools are these? (Genuine question.)

The Capitol Hill schools (Brent, Maury, LT, SWS) and the Hardy-feeding schools, I assume?

[Anonymous]

how much do lists tend to move in august /october?
waiting for a school that gave 15 seats for pk4
waitlist has been stuck for a month

[Anonymous]

Really? I haven’t seen much movement on SSMAs WL since May (PreK 4 & K).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Really? I haven’t seen much movement on SSMAs WL since May (PreK 4 & K).

They usually get through their whole list by the end of summer.