Inspired teaching results

[Anonymous]

So, how many kids are in the current 3rd grade? 10 new were accepted, does that mean they are losing 10 kids or splitting into two sections?

[Anonymous]

Pp here, I mean rising 3rd grade...so current 2nd grade

[Anonymous]

Last year was a great lottery year - but not a good comparison for waitlist movement. There were a lot of new spots as CM opened, MV added a class (and was a smaller school so less sibilngs), CapCity had major expansion. This opened up a lot of new spots - and a select number of families were lucky enough to have more than one option.

This year the combined number of expansion spots are significantly less. I expect you will hear from fewer friends that they won spots at multiple charter schools like families did last year and the year before. There will still be movement - but I predict a lot less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last year was a great lottery year - but not a good comparison for waitlist movement. There were a lot of new spots as CM opened, MV added a class (and was a smaller school so less sibilngs), CapCity had major expansion. This opened up a lot of new spots - and a select number of families were lucky enough to have more than one option.

This year the combined number of expansion spots are significantly less. I expect you will hear from fewer friends that they won spots at multiple charter schools like families did last year and the year before. There will still be movement - but I predict a lot less.

Agreed. Plus IT had the move which caused others to not move with.

[Anonymous]

Current PS3 parent here, we are in the new (to ITS) this year teacher's class. She is wonderful--patient, great sense of humor, creative. I'd be happy with either of the PS teachers. Plus, the quality of the teaching residents is really amazing. We are very happy at ITS...happy to answer any questions I can.

[Anonymous]

Glad to hear more great things about the 3rd grade teacher--my son was accepted. Not so for my K son. Waiting to see what happens since the list doesn't appear to reflect siblings who have been accepted...

[Anonymous]

I was told by the principal that once a sibling is accepted then the remaining sibling moves to the top of the waitlist. We have the best WL numbers at this school and it was one of my top three so I am really hoping we make it in.

[Anonymous]

PS3 parent here ... Our # is in the 60s, so that means a waitlist # in the low 20s. Is there hope?

Our results at other schools (we really preferred spanish immersion) wee in the 3-500s!

[Anonymous]

Anyone have a sense of how much the PS waitlist is likely to move?

[Anonymous]

We have a single digit waitlist number for Prek4. Based on previous posts, should I assume that our number will get worse as other Prek kids leapfrog us if/when their siblings get admitted? When the waitlist gets updated will it reflect that, and thus we could see our number get higher/worse? We would be thrilled to get in, but I don't want to have false hopes, even if my WL number is currently great.

(and as an aside, I had no idea "Luca" in all its iterations was such a popular name!)

[Anonymous]

WL for PS-3 last year moved into the 90's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have a single digit waitlist number for Prek4. Based on previous posts, should I assume that our number will get worse as other Prek kids leapfrog us if/when their siblings get admitted? When the waitlist gets updated will it reflect that, and thus we could see our number get higher/worse? We would be thrilled to get in, but I don't want to have false hopes, even if my WL number is currently great.

(and as an aside, I had no idea "Luca" in all its iterations was such a popular name!)

I wouldn't give up hope just yet. Waitlists continue to move even into September.

[Anonymous]

Just got a phone call. They must work late over there! Nice that they bothered to call.