MSDC waitlist data posted

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ITS' PK3 waitlist is down from 307 last year to 205 this year. I'm a current parent and other than LAMB coming into the lottery and MV8's existence, I really can't think of a reason for this happening. If it weren't happening at various other schools similarly, I'd be concerned...

Pure speculation (isn’t that what DCMUM is for??) but my guess is that charter schools, even solid ones, that don’t offer some kind of speciality like language immersion or Montessori approach will increasingly lose ground as DC elementary schools continue to get stronger and better managed. Most families will find more value in going to school with neighbors, shorter commutes, better paid teachers and will stick with their inbound school, unless they want specialized instruction.

This. Langley, Seaton, and Garrison did not experoence a shorter waitlist this year. ITS is definitely our preference for upper elementary and middle, but for preschool and K I would not say it is head and shoulders above other schools. There are a lot of good ECE programs in the Bloomingdale area, we are blessed.

Langley is an early action school with a waitlist length of 14.... not comparable to ITDS.... lol

It is notable that in a year that many schools had shorter waitlists than the year before, Langley's total kids matched or waitlisted actually grew.

This is hilarious from a Langley booster. No, the waitlist was less for prek3 and K this year than last year. An increase by 1 or 2 students in a few of the other grades is nothing to write home about when the numbers are so low to begin with from 0 to single digits.

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ITS' PK3 waitlist is down from 307 last year to 205 this year. I'm a current parent and other than LAMB coming into the lottery and MV8's existence, I really can't think of a reason for this happening. If it weren't happening at various other schools similarly, I'd be concerned...

Pure speculation (isn’t that what DCMUM is for??) but my guess is that charter schools, even solid ones, that don’t offer some kind of speciality like language immersion or Montessori approach will increasingly lose ground as DC elementary schools continue to get stronger and better managed. Most families will find more value in going to school with neighbors, shorter commutes, better paid teachers and will stick with their inbound school, unless they want specialized instruction.

This. Langley, Seaton, and Garrison did not experoence a shorter waitlist this year. ITS is definitely our preference for upper elementary and middle, but for preschool and K I would not say it is head and shoulders above other schools. There are a lot of good ECE programs in the Bloomingdale area, we are blessed.

Langley is an early action school with a waitlist length of 14.... not comparable to ITDS.... lol

It is notable that in a year that many schools had shorter waitlists than the year before, Langley's total kids matched or waitlisted actually grew.

This is hilarious from a Langley booster. No, the waitlist was less for prek3 and K this year than last year. An increase by 1 or 2 students in a few of the other grades is nothing to write home about when the numbers are so low to begin with from 0 to single digits.

Add the number of seats offered. Last year, 36 seats offered and 20 kids waitlisted. Total of 56. This year, 49 seats offered and 17 waitlisted, total of 66. You can look at Seaton and Garrison too if you want. The point is, an increase or even just holding steady, while other schools lost ground, is impressive.

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ITS' PK3 waitlist is down from 307 last year to 205 this year. I'm a current parent and other than LAMB coming into the lottery and MV8's existence, I really can't think of a reason for this happening. If it weren't happening at various other schools similarly, I'd be concerned...

Pure speculation (isn’t that what DCMUM is for??) but my guess is that charter schools, even solid ones, that don’t offer some kind of speciality like language immersion or Montessori approach will increasingly lose ground as DC elementary schools continue to get stronger and better managed. Most families will find more value in going to school with neighbors, shorter commutes, better paid teachers and will stick with their inbound school, unless they want specialized instruction.

This. Langley, Seaton, and Garrison did not experoence a shorter waitlist this year. ITS is definitely our preference for upper elementary and middle, but for preschool and K I would not say it is head and shoulders above other schools. There are a lot of good ECE programs in the Bloomingdale area, we are blessed.

Langley is an early action school with a waitlist length of 14.... not comparable to ITDS.... lol

That’s because Langley offers early action- that just means that there are a lot of families in the neighborhood with little kids who listed Langley at the end of their list and were offered a spot because it’s their in-bound school... it’s fine, it just doesn’t make sense to try to draw comparisons to ITDS
It is notable that in a year that many schools had shorter waitlists than the year before, Langley's total kids matched or waitlisted actually grew.

This is hilarious from a Langley booster. No, the waitlist was less for prek3 and K this year than last year. An increase by 1 or 2 students in a few of the other grades is nothing to write home about when the numbers are so low to begin with from 0 to single digits.

Add the number of seats offered. Last year, 36 seats offered and 20 kids waitlisted. Total of 56. This year, 49 seats offered and 17 waitlisted, total of 66. You can look at Seaton and Garrison too if you want. The point is, an increase or even just holding steady, while other schools lost ground, is impressive.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

ITS' PK3 waitlist is down from 307 last year to 205 this year. I'm a current parent and other than LAMB coming into the lottery and MV8's existence, I really can't think of a reason for this happening. If it weren't happening at various other schools similarly, I'd be concerned...

Pure speculation (isn’t that what DCMUM is for??) but my guess is that charter schools, even solid ones, that don’t offer some kind of speciality like language immersion or Montessori approach will increasingly lose ground as DC elementary schools continue to get stronger and better managed. Most families will find more value in going to school with neighbors, shorter commutes, better paid teachers and will stick with their inbound school, unless they want specialized instruction.

This. Langley, Seaton, and Garrison did not experoence a shorter waitlist this year. ITS is definitely our preference for upper elementary and middle, but for preschool and K I would not say it is head and shoulders above other schools. There are a lot of good ECE programs in the Bloomingdale area, we are blessed.

Langley is an early action school with a waitlist length of 14.... not comparable to ITDS.... lol

It is notable that in a year that many schools had shorter waitlists than the year before, Langley's total kids matched or waitlisted actually grew.

This is hilarious from a Langley booster. No, the waitlist was less for prek3 and K this year than last year. An increase by 1 or 2 students in a few of the other grades is nothing to write home about when the numbers are so low to begin with from 0 to single digits.

Add the number of seats offered. Last year, 36 seats offered and 20 kids waitlisted. Total of 56. This year, 49 seats offered and 17 waitlisted, total of 66. You can look at Seaton and Garrison too if you want. The point is, an increase or even just holding steady, while other schools lost ground, is impressive.

That’s because Langley offers early action- that just means that there are a lot of families in the neighborhood with little kids who listed Langley at the end of their list and were offered a spot because it’s their in-bound school... it’s fine, it just doesn’t make sense to try to draw comparisons to ITDS
It is notable that in a year that many schools had shorter waitlists than the year before, Langley's total kids matched or waitlisted actually grew.

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I wonder if greater availability of and information about the Community-Based Option schools also cut into the charters' PK waitlists. Also, once MSDC updates its data we can see if the total number of people who applied for PK seats went up or down since last year. I'm wondering if the baby boom in some neighborhoods is tapering off.

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ITS' PK3 waitlist is down from 307 last year to 205 this year. I'm a current parent and other than LAMB coming into the lottery and MV8's existence, I really can't think of a reason for this happening. If it weren't happening at various other schools similarly, I'd be concerned...

Pure speculation (isn’t that what DCMUM is for??) but my guess is that charter schools, even solid ones, that don’t offer some kind of speciality like language immersion or Montessori approach will increasingly lose ground as DC elementary schools continue to get stronger and better managed. Most families will find more value in going to school with neighbors, shorter commutes, better paid teachers and will stick with their inbound school, unless they want specialized instruction.

This. Langley, Seaton, and Garrison did not experoence a shorter waitlist this year. ITS is definitely our preference for upper elementary and middle, but for preschool and K I would not say it is head and shoulders above other schools. There are a lot of good ECE programs in the Bloomingdale area, we are blessed.

Langley is an early action school with a waitlist length of 14.... not comparable to ITDS.... lol

It is notable that in a year that many schools had shorter waitlists than the year before, Langley's total kids matched or waitlisted actually grew.

This is hilarious from a Langley booster. No, the waitlist was less for prek3 and K this year than last year. An increase by 1 or 2 students in a few of the other grades is nothing to write home about when the numbers are so low to begin with from 0 to single digits.

Add the number of seats offered. Last year, 36 seats offered and 20 kids waitlisted. Total of 56. This year, 49 seats offered and 17 waitlisted, total of 66. You can look at Seaton and Garrison too if you want. The point is, an increase or even just holding steady, while other schools lost ground, is impressive.

That’s because Langley offers early action- that just means that there are a lot of families in the neighborhood with little kids who listed Langley at the end of their list and were offered a spot because it’s their in-bound school... it’s fine, it just doesn’t make sense to try to draw comparisons to ITDS
It is notable that in a year that many schools had shorter waitlists than the year before, Langley's total kids matched or waitlisted actually grew.

Huh? Early Action causes IB kids to match instead of be waitlisted. That would not affect the total of matches and waitlisters, and that total is what grew. It doesn't cause people to like Langley any more than they otherwise would. Early Action happens at schools that have physical space, and there are plenty of schools way worse than Langley that don't have Early Action.

Do you have any rebuttal for Seaton and Garrison, hmmm?

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ITS' PK3 waitlist is down from 307 last year to 205 this year. I'm a current parent and other than LAMB coming into the lottery and MV8's existence, I really can't think of a reason for this happening. If it weren't happening at various other schools similarly, I'd be concerned...

Pure speculation (isn’t that what DCMUM is for??) but my guess is that charter schools, even solid ones, that don’t offer some kind of speciality like language immersion or Montessori approach will increasingly lose ground as DC elementary schools continue to get stronger and better managed. Most families will find more value in going to school with neighbors, shorter commutes, better paid teachers and will stick with their inbound school, unless they want specialized instruction.

This. Langley, Seaton, and Garrison did not experoence a shorter waitlist this year. ITS is definitely our preference for upper elementary and middle, but for preschool and K I would not say it is head and shoulders above other schools. There are a lot of good ECE programs in the Bloomingdale area, we are blessed.

Langley is an early action school with a waitlist length of 14.... not comparable to ITDS.... lol

It is notable that in a year that many schools had shorter waitlists than the year before, Langley's total kids matched or waitlisted actually grew.

This is hilarious from a Langley booster. No, the waitlist was less for prek3 and K this year than last year. An increase by 1 or 2 students in a few of the other grades is nothing to write home about when the numbers are so low to begin with from 0 to single digits.

Add the number of seats offered. Last year, 36 seats offered and 20 kids waitlisted. Total of 56. This year, 49 seats offered and 17 waitlisted, total of 66. You can look at Seaton and Garrison too if you want. The point is, an increase or even just holding steady, while other schools lost ground, is impressive.

That’s because Langley offers early action- that just means that there are a lot of families in the neighborhood with little kids who listed Langley at the end of their list and were offered a spot because it’s their in-bound school... it’s fine, it just doesn’t make sense to try to draw comparisons to ITDS
It is notable that in a year that many schools had shorter waitlists than the year before, Langley's total kids matched or waitlisted actually grew.

Huh? Early Action causes IB kids to match instead of be waitlisted. That would not affect the total of matches and waitlisters, and that total is what grew. It doesn't cause people to like Langley any more than they otherwise would. Early Action happens at schools that have physical space, and there are plenty of schools way worse than Langley that don't have Early Action.

Do you have any rebuttal for Seaton and Garrison, hmmm?

I don’t care enough to even look at the numbers for Seaton or Garrison it’s ok to like your low performing neighborhood school, and I agree that many are improving and have great ECE options. You’re spewing nonsense and it’s not worth discussing. Please rank Langley, seaton, and garrison above ITDS if you wish- it will help other people’s chances of matching at ITDS at the end of the day.

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ITS' PK3 waitlist is down from 307 last year to 205 this year. I'm a current parent and other than LAMB coming into the lottery and MV8's existence, I really can't think of a reason for this happening. If it weren't happening at various other schools similarly, I'd be concerned...

Pure speculation (isn’t that what DCMUM is for??) but my guess is that charter schools, even solid ones, that don’t offer some kind of speciality like language immersion or Montessori approach will increasingly lose ground as DC elementary schools continue to get stronger and better managed. Most families will find more value in going to school with neighbors, shorter commutes, better paid teachers and will stick with their inbound school, unless they want specialized instruction.

This. Langley, Seaton, and Garrison did not experoence a shorter waitlist this year. ITS is definitely our preference for upper elementary and middle, but for preschool and K I would not say it is head and shoulders above other schools. There are a lot of good ECE programs in the Bloomingdale area, we are blessed.

Langley is an early action school with a waitlist length of 14.... not comparable to ITDS.... lol

It is notable that in a year that many schools had shorter waitlists than the year before, Langley's total kids matched or waitlisted actually grew.

This is hilarious from a Langley booster. No, the waitlist was less for prek3 and K this year than last year. An increase by 1 or 2 students in a few of the other grades is nothing to write home about when the numbers are so low to begin with from 0 to single digits.

Add the number of seats offered. Last year, 36 seats offered and 20 kids waitlisted. Total of 56. This year, 49 seats offered and 17 waitlisted, total of 66. You can look at Seaton and Garrison too if you want. The point is, an increase or even just holding steady, while other schools lost ground, is impressive.

That’s because Langley offers early action- that just means that there are a lot of families in the neighborhood with little kids who listed Langley at the end of their list and were offered a spot because it’s their in-bound school... it’s fine, it just doesn’t make sense to try to draw comparisons to ITDS
It is notable that in a year that many schools had shorter waitlists than the year before, Langley's total kids matched or waitlisted actually grew.

Huh? Early Action causes IB kids to match instead of be waitlisted. That would not affect the total of matches and waitlisters, and that total is what grew. It doesn't cause people to like Langley any more than they otherwise would. Early Action happens at schools that have physical space, and there are plenty of schools way worse than Langley that don't have Early Action.

Do you have any rebuttal for Seaton and Garrison, hmmm?

I don’t care enough to even look at the numbers for Seaton or Garrison it’s ok to like your low performing neighborhood school, and I agree that many are improving and have great ECE options. You’re spewing nonsense and it’s not worth discussing. Please rank Langley, seaton, and garrison above ITDS if you wish- it will help other people’s chances of matching at ITDS at the end of the day.

Wow so rude. Please, do let me know how Early Action alters the total of admits plus waitlisters.

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ITS' PK3 waitlist is down from 307 last year to 205 this year. I'm a current parent and other than LAMB coming into the lottery and MV8's existence, I really can't think of a reason for this happening. If it weren't happening at various other schools similarly, I'd be concerned...

Pure speculation (isn’t that what DCMUM is for??) but my guess is that charter schools, even solid ones, that don’t offer some kind of speciality like language immersion or Montessori approach will increasingly lose ground as DC elementary schools continue to get stronger and better managed. Most families will find more value in going to school with neighbors, shorter commutes, better paid teachers and will stick with their inbound school, unless they want specialized instruction.

This. Langley, Seaton, and Garrison did not experoence a shorter waitlist this year. ITS is definitely our preference for upper elementary and middle, but for preschool and K I would not say it is head and shoulders above other schools. There are a lot of good ECE programs in the Bloomingdale area, we are blessed.

Langley is an early action school with a waitlist length of 14.... not comparable to ITDS.... lol

It is notable that in a year that many schools had shorter waitlists than the year before, Langley's total kids matched or waitlisted actually grew.

This is hilarious from a Langley booster. No, the waitlist was less for prek3 and K this year than last year. An increase by 1 or 2 students in a few of the other grades is nothing to write home about when the numbers are so low to begin with from 0 to single digits.

Add the number of seats offered. Last year, 36 seats offered and 20 kids waitlisted. Total of 56. This year, 49 seats offered and 17 waitlisted, total of 66. You can look at Seaton and Garrison too if you want. The point is, an increase or even just holding steady, while other schools lost ground, is impressive.

That’s because Langley offers early action- that just means that there are a lot of families in the neighborhood with little kids who listed Langley at the end of their list and were offered a spot because it’s their in-bound school... it’s fine, it just doesn’t make sense to try to draw comparisons to ITDS
It is notable that in a year that many schools had shorter waitlists than the year before, Langley's total kids matched or waitlisted actually grew.

Huh? Early Action causes IB kids to match instead of be waitlisted. That would not affect the total of matches and waitlisters, and that total is what grew. It doesn't cause people to like Langley any more than they otherwise would. Early Action happens at schools that have physical space, and there are plenty of schools way worse than Langley that don't have Early Action.

Do you have any rebuttal for Seaton and Garrison, hmmm?

I don’t care enough to even look at the numbers for Seaton or Garrison it’s ok to like your low performing neighborhood school, and I agree that many are improving and have great ECE options. You’re spewing nonsense and it’s not worth discussing. Please rank Langley, seaton, and garrison above ITDS if you wish- it will help other people’s chances of matching at ITDS at the end of the day.

Wow so rude. Please, do let me know how Early Action alters the total of admits plus waitlisters.

Early action can change the number of admits if the number of in-bounds families that list the school increases. For example, if there are 20 IB families one year, and 25 families the next year, the number of admits would increase by 5. This in turn increases the number of “admits + waitlisters” by increasing the number admitted. Does that make sense?

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ITS' PK3 waitlist is down from 307 last year to 205 this year. I'm a current parent and other than LAMB coming into the lottery and MV8's existence, I really can't think of a reason for this happening. If it weren't happening at various other schools similarly, I'd be concerned...

Pure speculation (isn’t that what DCMUM is for??) but my guess is that charter schools, even solid ones, that don’t offer some kind of speciality like language immersion or Montessori approach will increasingly lose ground as DC elementary schools continue to get stronger and better managed. Most families will find more value in going to school with neighbors, shorter commutes, better paid teachers and will stick with their inbound school, unless they want specialized instruction.

This. Langley, Seaton, and Garrison did not experoence a shorter waitlist this year. ITS is definitely our preference for upper elementary and middle, but for preschool and K I would not say it is head and shoulders above other schools. There are a lot of good ECE programs in the Bloomingdale area, we are blessed.

Langley is an early action school with a waitlist length of 14.... not comparable to ITDS.... lol

It is notable that in a year that many schools had shorter waitlists than the year before, Langley's total kids matched or waitlisted actually grew.

This is hilarious from a Langley booster. No, the waitlist was less for prek3 and K this year than last year. An increase by 1 or 2 students in a few of the other grades is nothing to write home about when the numbers are so low to begin with from 0 to single digits.

Add the number of seats offered. Last year, 36 seats offered and 20 kids waitlisted. Total of 56. This year, 49 seats offered and 17 waitlisted, total of 66. You can look at Seaton and Garrison too if you want. The point is, an increase or even just holding steady, while other schools lost ground, is impressive.

That’s because Langley offers early action- that just means that there are a lot of families in the neighborhood with little kids who listed Langley at the end of their list and were offered a spot because it’s their in-bound school... it’s fine, it just doesn’t make sense to try to draw comparisons to ITDS
It is notable that in a year that many schools had shorter waitlists than the year before, Langley's total kids matched or waitlisted actually grew.

Huh? Early Action causes IB kids to match instead of be waitlisted. That would not affect the total of matches and waitlisters, and that total is what grew. It doesn't cause people to like Langley any more than they otherwise would. Early Action happens at schools that have physical space, and there are plenty of schools way worse than Langley that don't have Early Action.

Do you have any rebuttal for Seaton and Garrison, hmmm?

I don’t care enough to even look at the numbers for Seaton or Garrison it’s ok to like your low performing neighborhood school, and I agree that many are improving and have great ECE options. You’re spewing nonsense and it’s not worth discussing. Please rank Langley, seaton, and garrison above ITDS if you wish- it will help other people’s chances of matching at ITDS at the end of the day.

Wow so rude. Please, do let me know how Early Action alters the total of admits plus waitlisters.

Early action can change the number of admits if the number of in-bounds families that list the school increases. For example, if there are 20 IB families one year, and 25 families the next year, the number of admits would increase by 5. This in turn increases the number of “admits + waitlisters” by increasing the number admitted. Does that make sense?

No. The increase is because of more families. Without Early Action, the number waitlisted would be +5, and the total of admits and waitlisters would be the same as it would be with Early Action.

At most Early Action schools, all IB kids would have gotten in over the summer anyway. It's a comfort to parents, but it does not actually alter the outcome for kids or schools.

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ITS' PK3 waitlist is down from 307 last year to 205 this year. I'm a current parent and other than LAMB coming into the lottery and MV8's existence, I really can't think of a reason for this happening. If it weren't happening at various other schools similarly, I'd be concerned...

Pure speculation (isn’t that what DCMUM is for??) but my guess is that charter schools, even solid ones, that don’t offer some kind of speciality like language immersion or Montessori approach will increasingly lose ground as DC elementary schools continue to get stronger and better managed. Most families will find more value in going to school with neighbors, shorter commutes, better paid teachers and will stick with their inbound school, unless they want specialized instruction.

This. Langley, Seaton, and Garrison did not experoence a shorter waitlist this year. ITS is definitely our preference for upper elementary and middle, but for preschool and K I would not say it is head and shoulders above other schools. There are a lot of good ECE programs in the Bloomingdale area, we are blessed.

Langley is an early action school with a waitlist length of 14.... not comparable to ITDS.... lol

It is notable that in a year that many schools had shorter waitlists than the year before, Langley's total kids matched or waitlisted actually grew.

This is hilarious from a Langley booster. No, the waitlist was less for prek3 and K this year than last year. An increase by 1 or 2 students in a few of the other grades is nothing to write home about when the numbers are so low to begin with from 0 to single digits.

Add the number of seats offered. Last year, 36 seats offered and 20 kids waitlisted. Total of 56. This year, 49 seats offered and 17 waitlisted, total of 66. You can look at Seaton and Garrison too if you want. The point is, an increase or even just holding steady, while other schools lost ground, is impressive.

That’s because Langley offers early action- that just means that there are a lot of families in the neighborhood with little kids who listed Langley at the end of their list and were offered a spot because it’s their in-bound school... it’s fine, it just doesn’t make sense to try to draw comparisons to ITDS
It is notable that in a year that many schools had shorter waitlists than the year before, Langley's total kids matched or waitlisted actually grew.

Huh? Early Action causes IB kids to match instead of be waitlisted. That would not affect the total of matches and waitlisters, and that total is what grew. It doesn't cause people to like Langley any more than they otherwise would. Early Action happens at schools that have physical space, and there are plenty of schools way worse than Langley that don't have Early Action.

Do you have any rebuttal for Seaton and Garrison, hmmm?

I don’t care enough to even look at the numbers for Seaton or Garrison it’s ok to like your low performing neighborhood school, and I agree that many are improving and have great ECE options. You’re spewing nonsense and it’s not worth discussing. Please rank Langley, seaton, and garrison above ITDS if you wish- it will help other people’s chances of matching at ITDS at the end of the day.

Wow so rude. Please, do let me know how Early Action alters the total of admits plus waitlisters.

Early action can change the number of admits if the number of in-bounds families that list the school increases. For example, if there are 20 IB families one year, and 25 families the next year, the number of admits would increase by 5. This in turn increases the number of “admits + waitlisters” by increasing the number admitted. Does that make sense?

No. The increase is because of more families. Without Early Action, the number waitlisted would be +5, and the total of admits and waitlisters would be the same as it would be with Early Action.

At most Early Action schools, all IB kids would have gotten in over the summer anyway. It's a comfort to parents, but it does not actually alter the outcome for kids or schools.

Early action guarantees admittance for all IB kids. More families = more admits for an early action school. If the school does not have early action, then the extra 5 go on the waitlist.

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like MV8 had 70 spots and only goes through 1st grade, so fewer grades for sibling preferences. Anyone think they’ll get through WL#20?

Its hard to know. About half of those 70 are siblings, but it’s still a good shot.

How do we know that half are siblings?

Yeah what PP said re: siblings doesn’t make much sense. MV8 had 80 PK3 lottery seats in its inaugural year. This year it’s down to 70, which, unless the school has shrunk the size of its PK3 classes, suggests that 10 seats have gone to siblings, and the remaining 70 are available for everyone else.

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like MV8 had 70 spots and only goes through 1st grade, so fewer grades for sibling preferences. Anyone think they’ll get through WL#20?

Its hard to know. About half of those 70 are siblings, but it’s still a good shot.

How do we know that half are siblings?

Yeah what PP said re: siblings doesn’t make much sense. MV8 had 80 PK3 lottery seats in its inaugural year. This year it’s down to 70, which, unless the school has shrunk the size of its PK3 classes, suggests that 10 seats have gone to siblings, and the remaining 70 are available for everyone else.

Schools don’t reserve sibling seats, they still have to enter the lottery. If available seats are 70, that number includes those with sibling preference.

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like MV8 had 70 spots and only goes through 1st grade, so fewer grades for sibling preferences. Anyone think they’ll get through WL#20?

Its hard to know. About half of those 70 are siblings, but it’s still a good shot.

How do we know that half are siblings?

Yeah what PP said re: siblings doesn’t make much sense. MV8 had 80 PK3 lottery seats in its inaugural year. This year it’s down to 70, which, unless the school has shrunk the size of its PK3 classes, suggests that 10 seats have gone to siblings, and the remaining 70 are available for everyone else.

Schools don’t reserve sibling seats, they still have to enter the lottery. If available seats are 70, that number includes those with sibling preference.

I’m not sure that’s true. It doesn’t explain why, for instance, schools that have 80-100 PK3 students only list 15-20 “available lottery seats” each year. Where did those 60+ seats go? Someone is filling them, and it’s not rising PK2 kids because that’s not a thing.

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like MV8 had 70 spots and only goes through 1st grade, so fewer grades for sibling preferences. Anyone think they’ll get through WL#20?

Its hard to know. About half of those 70 are siblings, but it’s still a good shot.

How do we know that half are siblings?

Yeah what PP said re: siblings doesn’t make much sense. MV8 had 80 PK3 lottery seats in its inaugural year. This year it’s down to 70, which, unless the school has shrunk the size of its PK3 classes, suggests that 10 seats have gone to siblings, and the remaining 70 are available for everyone else.

Schools don’t reserve sibling seats, they still have to enter the lottery. If available seats are 70, that number includes those with sibling preference.

I’m not sure that’s true. It doesn’t explain why, for instance, schools that have 80-100 PK3 students only list 15-20 “available lottery seats” each year. Where did those 60+ seats go? Someone is filling them, and it’s not rising PK2 kids because that’s not a thing.

Can you show an example?