Going to DCI not from a feeder school

[Anonymous]

Is this even possible? Can anyone enlighten me as to how this works? Thanks.

[Anonymous]

+ 1. Looking to leave our HRC for a strong middle and DCI is everything we want for our DC too.

[Anonymous]

You enter the lottery - there is a separate one for each language track.

If your child doesn't have foreign language proficiency he will take level 1 as a 6th grader. The language you lottery into will be the one your child specializes in throughout their time at DCI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You enter the lottery - there is a separate one for each language track.

If your child doesn't have foreign language proficiency he will take level 1 as a 6th grader. The language you lottery into will be the one your child specializes in throughout their time at DCI.

Thanks. Is there a language placement test? DD has some Spanish, not at the immersion level but not nothing.

Are there spots set aside for non feeder students?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You enter the lottery - there is a separate one for each language track.

If your child doesn't have foreign language proficiency he will take level 1 as a 6th grader. The language you lottery into will be the one your child specializes in throughout their time at DCI.

Thanks. Is there a language placement test? DD has some Spanish, not at the immersion level but not nothing.

Are there spots set aside for non feeder students?

Yes there's a placement test. FWIW the spanish track accepted the fewest students for 6th (compared to Chinese and French last year). So you might want to apply for more than one.

No spots set aside per se. They determine how many seats they must have to cover the feeder students - and any leftover slots go to new applicants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You enter the lottery - there is a separate one for each language track.

If your child doesn't have foreign language proficiency he will take level 1 as a 6th grader. The language you lottery into will be the one your child specializes in throughout their time at DCI.

Thanks. Is there a language placement test? DD has some Spanish, not at the immersion level but not nothing.

Are there spots set aside for non feeder students?

Yes there's a placement test. FWIW the spanish track accepted the fewest students for 6th (compared to Chinese and French last year). So you might want to apply for more than one.

No spots set aside per se. They determine how many seats they must have to cover the feeder students - and any leftover slots go to new applicants.

Thanks. So it's possible in a future year that there would be no spots (or none for non siblings?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You enter the lottery - there is a separate one for each language track.

If your child doesn't have foreign language proficiency he will take level 1 as a 6th grader. The language you lottery into will be the one your child specializes in throughout their time at DCI.

Thanks. Is there a language placement test? DD has some Spanish, not at the immersion level but not nothing.

Are there spots set aside for non feeder students?

Yes there's a placement test. FWIW the spanish track accepted the fewest students for 6th (compared to Chinese and French last year). So you might want to apply for more than one.

No spots set aside per se. They determine how many seats they must have to cover the feeder students - and any leftover slots go to new applicants.

My apologies - misspoke above.

For 2016-17 DCI offered the following for 6th grade to non-feeder students.

French 15 seats offered; went 4 deep into the wait list by end of August
Chinese 35 seats offered; went 52 deep into the wait list by end of August
Spanish 60 seats offered; went 25 deep into the wait list by end of August

Length of wait list at end of round 1 is available here http://www.dcpcsb.org/blog/demand-quality-dc-public-charter-school-continues-grow-washington-dc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You enter the lottery - there is a separate one for each language track.

If your child doesn't have foreign language proficiency he will take level 1 as a 6th grader. The language you lottery into will be the one your child specializes in throughout their time at DCI.

Thanks. Is there a language placement test? DD has some Spanish, not at the immersion level but not nothing.

Are there spots set aside for non feeder students?

Yes there's a placement test. FWIW the spanish track accepted the fewest students for 6th (compared to Chinese and French last year). So you might want to apply for more than one.

No spots set aside per se. They determine how many seats they must have to cover the feeder students - and any leftover slots go to new applicants.

Thanks. So it's possible in a future year that there would be no spots (or none for non siblings?)

yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You enter the lottery - there is a separate one for each language track.

If your child doesn't have foreign language proficiency he will take level 1 as a 6th grader. The language you lottery into will be the one your child specializes in throughout their time at DCI.

Thanks. Is there a language placement test? DD has some Spanish, not at the immersion level but not nothing.

Are there spots set aside for non feeder students?

Yes there's a placement test. FWIW the spanish track accepted the fewest students for 6th (compared to Chinese and French last year). So you might want to apply for more than one.

No spots set aside per se. They determine how many seats they must have to cover the feeder students - and any leftover slots go to new applicants.

My apologies - misspoke above.

For 2016-17 DCI offered the following for 6th grade to non-feeder students.

French 15 seats offered; went 4 deep into the wait list by end of August
Chinese 35 seats offered; went 52 deep into the wait list by end of August
Spanish 60 seats offered; went 25 deep into the wait list by end of August

Length of wait list at end of round 1 is available here http://www.dcpcsb.org/blog/demand-quality-dc-public-charter-school-continues-grow-washington-dc

This is good to know although things change year by year. Ideally we would love to try MacFarland, but lets hope there's some traction from the gentrifying neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You enter the lottery - there is a separate one for each language track.

If your child doesn't have foreign language proficiency he will take level 1 as a 6th grader. The language you lottery into will be the one your child specializes in throughout their time at DCI.

Thanks. Is there a language placement test? DD has some Spanish, not at the immersion level but not nothing.

Are there spots set aside for non feeder students?

Yes there's a placement test. FWIW the spanish track accepted the fewest students for 6th (compared to Chinese and French last year). So you might want to apply for more than one.

No spots set aside per se. They determine how many seats they must have to cover the feeder students - and any leftover slots go to new applicants.

My apologies - misspoke above.

For 2016-17 DCI offered the following for 6th grade to non-feeder students.

French 15 seats offered; went 4 deep into the wait list by end of August
Chinese 35 seats offered; went 52 deep into the wait list by end of August
Spanish 60 seats offered; went 25 deep into the wait list by end of August

Length of wait list at end of round 1 is available here http://www.dcpcsb.org/blog/demand-quality-dc-public-charter-school-continues-grow-washington-dc

This is good to know although things change year by year. Ideally we would love to try MacFarland, but lets hope there's some traction from the gentrifying neighborhood.

The other X factor is when the first class from MV will be ready to enter DCI. Once those kids are old enough to attend it's likely to affect the number of the available noon-feeder spanish seats (new building is only so big).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You enter the lottery - there is a separate one for each language track.

If your child doesn't have foreign language proficiency he will take level 1 as a 6th grader. The language you lottery into will be the one your child specializes in throughout their time at DCI.

Thanks. Is there a language placement test? DD has some Spanish, not at the immersion level but not nothing.

Are there spots set aside for non feeder students?

Yes there's a placement test. FWIW the spanish track accepted the fewest students for 6th (compared to Chinese and French last year). So you might want to apply for more than one.

No spots set aside per se. They determine how many seats they must have to cover the feeder students - and any leftover slots go to new applicants.

My apologies - misspoke above.

For 2016-17 DCI offered the following for 6th grade to non-feeder students.

French 15 seats offered; went 4 deep into the wait list by end of August
Chinese 35 seats offered; went 52 deep into the wait list by end of August
Spanish 60 seats offered; went 25 deep into the wait list by end of August

Length of wait list at end of round 1 is available here http://www.dcpcsb.org/blog/demand-quality-dc-public-charter-school-continues-grow-washington-dc

This is good to know although things change year by year. Ideally we would love to try MacFarland, but lets hope there's some traction from the gentrifying neighborhood.

Ask Brent parents how long they've been hoping for some traction from their (extremely gentrified!) neighborhood for the Hill. Similarly, ask the Key & Mann parents about their feelings about Hardy. It's only been a few decades after all.

DCPS isn't committed to middle schools, and Kaya herself admitted that maybe DCPS shouldn't do middle schools and concede them to the charters.

(Sigh) Our tax dollars at work...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You enter the lottery - there is a separate one for each language track.

If your child doesn't have foreign language proficiency he will take level 1 as a 6th grader. The language you lottery into will be the one your child specializes in throughout their time at DCI.

Thanks. Is there a language placement test? DD has some Spanish, not at the immersion level but not nothing.

Are there spots set aside for non feeder students?

Yes there's a placement test. FWIW the spanish track accepted the fewest students for 6th (compared to Chinese and French last year). So you might want to apply for more than one.

No spots set aside per se. They determine how many seats they must have to cover the feeder students - and any leftover slots go to new applicants.

Spanish is the least competitive track, but it has the most students because of the feeders. If your DC can take on French or Chinese, those are more competitive cohorts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You enter the lottery - there is a separate one for each language track.

If your child doesn't have foreign language proficiency he will take level 1 as a 6th grader. The language you lottery into will be the one your child specializes in throughout their time at DCI.

Thanks. Is there a language placement test? DD has some Spanish, not at the immersion level but not nothing.

Are there spots set aside for non feeder students?

Yes there's a placement test. FWIW the spanish track accepted the fewest students for 6th (compared to Chinese and French last year). So you might want to apply for more than one.

No spots set aside per se. They determine how many seats they must have to cover the feeder students - and any leftover slots go to new applicants.

My apologies - misspoke above.

For 2016-17 DCI offered the following for 6th grade to non-feeder students.

French 15 seats offered; went 4 deep into the wait list by end of August
Chinese 35 seats offered; went 52 deep into the wait list by end of August
Spanish 60 seats offered; went 25 deep into the wait list by end of August

Length of wait list at end of round 1 is available here http://www.dcpcsb.org/blog/demand-quality-dc-public-charter-school-continues-grow-washington-dc

This is good to know although things change year by year. Ideally we would love to try MacFarland, but lets hope there's some traction from the gentrifying neighborhood.

Ask Brent parents how long they've been hoping for some traction from their (extremely gentrified!) neighborhood for the Hill. Similarly, ask the Key & Mann parents about their feelings about Hardy. It's only been a few decades after all.

DCPS isn't committed to middle schools, and Kaya herself admitted that maybe DCPS shouldn't do middle schools and concede them to the charters.

(Sigh) Our tax dollars at work...

Capitol Hill and WOTP may be a bit different than the MacFarland feeder areas.
Capitol Hill has a pretty stark divide between the haves and have nots. The Petworth area has more in betweens in the middle class.
WOTP in the Hardy boundary has a lot of people too well off for public school, which creates a different dynamic. I think there's less of that in Petworth.

The language immersion angle seems to create a different dynamic that wouldn't apply to Hardy out Capitol Hill.

Have you met the principal of MacFarland? The guy is pretty impressive. I'd call that and the building renovation a decent start to investment from the city.

I'm not saying it for sure will be everything to everyone, but it might be a good but different than the other areas you mentioned.

[Anonymous]

As long as Latin & BASIS are available (and Deal and Hardy and DCI), MacFarland is going to be in last place. But, it might be better than Brookland or Elliot Hine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As long as Latin & BASIS are available (and Deal and Hardy and DCI), MacFarland is going to be in last place. But, it might be better than Brookland or Elliot Hine.

To continue your language instruction from elementary it's not. DCI has it's feeders who will take up the majority of the seats.