Info on PK3 OOB Spots Offered 2016/17

[Anonymous]

New to the lottery world, so forgive me if this is available somewhere or has been discussed at length before.

Does anyone have info on how many OOB seats were offered for PK3 last lottery at Seaton, Thomson, Garrison or other schools nearby?

[Anonymous]

It isn't published. You need to get it from the individual school administrators or hope someone here has a sense.

[Anonymous]

I don't think that is available. I know that OOB students got into Seaton in the original lottery last year, not sure if it will be true this year.

[Anonymous]

I don't think they initially offer a set number of IB and OOB spots. They just offer a set number of spots and the lottery applicants get them in order of IB and OOB and other preferences. If you are trying to assess your chances of getting in OOB, the question is how many waitlist offers were made to OOB students. Is that what you mean?

[Anonymous]

They can estimate, but it's just an estimate. No one knows how many siblings or IB kids there will be in a given year. MySchoolDC doesn't even publicly share that data after the lottery.

[Anonymous]

First, figure out how many PS3 classes there will be at each school. Then start trying to gauge IB vs. OOB interest. And yes, knowing how far down they went on the waitlist is helpful.

[Anonymous]

On myschooldc under resources click on data. That will tell you how far a school went into its wait list (it isn't perfect as it isn't have post lottery applicants). But it doesn't distinguish between IB and OOB.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks everyone! So does anyone here know if those schools might have OOB pk3 spots next year? Last years data doesn't say if spots were for IB exclusively or not. I guess what I'm trying to gauge is if there's any chance my kid will get in. Limited time to spend at open houses, so trying to prioritize.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks everyone! So does anyone here know if those schools might have OOB pk3 spots next year? Last years data doesn't say if spots were for IB exclusively or not. I guess what I'm trying to gauge is if there's any chance my kid will get in. Limited time to spend at open houses, so trying to prioritize.

Based purely on what I've heard from friends, the only school you have a shot at in that list is Garrison. They seem to move through their list fairly quickly. But realistically, your IB school is the only place where you have a good chance of getting in.

[Anonymous]

This is 2 years ago, but I got off the waitlist for Seaton and Garrison but never got off the waitlist for Thomson. Looking at the MyschoolsDC data, it looks like your chances at Thomson are pretty slim. They only went through #6 on their waitlist for PK3. So it's pretty consistent with my lottery experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks everyone! So does anyone here know if those schools might have OOB pk3 spots next year? Last years data doesn't say if spots were for IB exclusively or not. I guess what I'm trying to gauge is if there's any chance my kid will get in. Limited time to spend at open houses, so trying to prioritize.

OP, you need to understand that the schools themselves don't know. They can try to forecast it, but it is just how many IB students get in, and then siblings of OOB students in the upper grades would have preference too, so there are a lot of variables. They don't set aside a specific number of spots for OOB. It just happens if it happens. I know for a fact that Seaton and Cleveland took OOB PK3 students last year, so you might get in. Or not. Have you considered Langley? I think that is in the sweet spot this year-- on the rise, but still a solid chance of getting in.

[Anonymous]

My School DC actually posts some historical data. Here are the seats that were made available last year in the lottery: https://public.tableau.com/profile/aaron2446#!/vizhome/MSDCSeatsandWaitlistOfferData/MSDCPublicDisplay

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My School DC actually posts some historical data. Here are the seats that were made available last year in the lottery: https://public.tableau.com/profile/aaron2446#!/vizhome/MSDCSeatsandWaitlistOfferData/MSDCPublicDisplay

That data isn't responsive to the OP's question, though. It doesn't have any information about whether the children on the waitlist were IB or OOB or had siblings or anything like that. The concern for families applying for seats outside their IB school zone is that there will be more IB kids than available seats.

[Anonymous]

DCPS teacher here! As far as I know, most schools don't really track this data formally because selection from the lottery isn't done by schools. I was asked about this several times at EdFest, and our AP said that chances schools have formal data on IB/OOB with sibling/etc. is slim. The best bet would be to check with individual schools, but as other posters have said, it really varies from year to year.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My School DC actually posts some historical data. Here are the seats that were made available last year in the lottery: https://public.tableau.com/profile/aaron2446#!/vizhome/MSDCSeatsandWaitlistOfferData/MSDCPublicDisplay

That data isn't responsive to the OP's question, though. It doesn't have any information about whether the children on the waitlist were IB or OOB or had siblings or anything like that. The concern for families applying for seats outside their IB school zone is that there will be more IB kids than available seats.

[Anonymous]

I can see online that Langley just got the guaranteed IB early action preschool, so they may add a third preschool classroom. So I would think it'll be a good year there for OOB admits too.