Chances of getting in to Brent for PS3 next year?
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Anonymous
| We are inbound without sibling. Do we have any chance of getting in to Brent or will this be another year of siblings only? |
Anonymous
No one knows for sure how many siblings there are, so, with all due respect, your question is kind of silly. They waitlisted 9 IB w/sib last year, but year before that they accepted kids who were only IB. So, in short, who knows. Best bet is look at past year results and try and make educated guess. |
Anonymous
| I don't think it's a silly question, but I agree that no one is likely to have a good answer right now. The situation may not be as bad as last year because there shouldn't be as many new inbounds kindergarteners pulling their younger siblings in with them because most of the inbounds K cohort for next year is already at the school. That being said, your very best scenario probably isn't even a 50 percent chance. Have a backup plan! |
Anonymous
| This is a great question. I would say that you should Brent #1 on your list and have a backup like Van Ness be #2 on your list. |
Anonymous
| I bet Van Ness is going to be pretty popular next year. I'd have a Plan C (and D) as well. |
Anonymous
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With only 30 PreK3 spots left at Brent (down from 38 last year) and Lord knows how many names going in the hat in the 2015-2016 lottery season, I wouldn't hold my breath. The school was expecting two dozen in-boundary applicants with siblings in the last lottery season and got 42.
Take heart, Van Ness got nearly 20 of the Brent in-boundary 3 year olds and AppleTree LP got a dozen. If you land in either program (both solid and predominantly high SES), your kid will have plenty of K buddies/former classmates at Brent. Tyler Spanish Immersion, Ludlow-Taylor and Peabody also welcome multiple Brent in-boundary kids for PreK3 and 4. |
Anonymous
Please rank the Appletrees higher if this is your plan. Some of us are interested in lotterying into these schools and staying past K. |
Anonymous
Then you better get a good number else you can go visit these kids and their slot. |
Anonymous
What a profound observation. OP is well within her right to take a spot at one of these schools, but she can also consider her fellow residents, not to mention the schools. |
Anonymous
| How many pre-K 4 slots will there be at Brent next year, does anyone know? |
Anonymous
| My guess is around 10. |
Anonymous
So she should prioritize someone else's kid over her own? Show me how that's responsible. Oh,and there's no evidence that them leaving your school hurts the school they left. Causation vs. correlation, my dear. That is all. You may go. |
Anonymous
Brent families took more than 60 percent of the PK3 slots? |
Anonymous
From where exactly did this "data"originate? I am aware of Ward attendance figures but this is a new one. Unless someone on DCUM is throwing crap but speaking with authority as if "their opinion" or "what they heard" is a fact???!!! |
Anonymous
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I'm at Van Ness and count 17 or 18 Brent in-boundary kids in PreS3. Remember that more than 40 in-boundary kids were turned away for PreK3, and Van Ness is just six blocks from Brent. Some of us live closer to Van Ness than Brent!! Anybody's guess how many of these families actually return to Brent for K. I'd wager around two-thirds.
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