Then 2023 Lottery disappointment thread

[Anonymous]

OP the waitlist data is up. Post your list/area and maybe we can help with your first grader.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:leveled classes represent an attempt to meet students who are at a range of different abilities at the level where they are at without fully preventing students from moving between the groups. its a huge improvement over simply teaching to the middle. i dont fully understand the its not truly accelerated criticism against grouping the top cohort of kids together in one class in order to be able to provide that class with some additional challenge.

Ok but have you actually looked at the abysmal stats of some of the DCPS middle and high schools??

Take Eastern where in 2019, in math 2% were on grade level or above. This 2% were most likely on grade level. Then Covid hit and numbers got worst which I’m not going to spend time to drill down.

So there is no wide range of abilities. All the kids are below grade level. There is no critical number of kids to have a class even on grade level and if you have a high performing kid forget about it.

Huh? No, there is a wide range. You have kids 1 year below grade, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, etc., ELLs, and various IEP needs. I'm not trying to be snarky. The range is huge

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our 5th grader is miserable at her current school due to bullying. We were waitlisted across the board for privates and the best WL we have is for the lottery is above 60.

I guess we’ll look at moving but that’s easier said than done. I don’t know what we’ll do. We feel stuck.

I don't know what privates you applied to, but I would encourage you to reach out to some of the K-8 schools and see if they have flexibility or openings. We did, and found an amazing middle school experience.

St Patrick's might have spots - the rumor is they are under-enrolled. NPS only goes through 6 but they often lose kids in 3/4 to go to the the STA/NCS and Landon/Holton. It would only be for a year but its a small school and really caring so they might be a good fit and then you can work out a better situation for middle/high.

Small Catholic schools can be a good option. We made that move and are very happy.

St Patrick’s is Episcopal, you know, Catholic lite.

[Anonymous]

We have struck out now 8 years in a row!! Never gotten any march except for In bound for PK 3 (and it was ranked 6). We plan to love or go private for middle

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have struck out now 8 years in a row!! Never gotten any march except for In bound for PK 3 (and it was ranked 6). We plan to love or go private for middle

OP here and I am sorry PP! That sucks and I think that could easily be us. It's stressful feeling year after year like you should be able to do better for your kids but having this avenue for that foreclosed. We can't afford private (at least not in DC, maybe we could afford it if we moved way outside the city to a much lower COL area and just sucked it up with long commutes), but yeah, I spend a lot of time looking at suburban schools to see where might be a fit for us, especially for middle and high school.

[Anonymous]

We’ve also struck out 8 times in a row with no chance! Everyone we know is somewhere they want to be, but we’ve never gotten a waitlist # below 50 at our top four picks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’ve also struck out 8 times in a row with no chance! Everyone we know is somewhere they want to be, but we’ve never gotten a waitlist # below 50 at our top four picks.

This was us for years. Going private. Regrettably.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’ve also struck out 8 times in a row with no chance! Everyone we know is somewhere they want to be, but we’ve never gotten a waitlist # below 50 at our top four picks.

When you say struck out, what were your criteria for what you would have taken? It seems close to impossible you couldn’t have gotten a good enough number for ITDS, MV, or H-A at some point in the last 8 years…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:leveled classes represent an attempt to meet students who are at a range of different abilities at the level where they are at without fully preventing students from moving between the groups. its a huge improvement over simply teaching to the middle. i dont fully understand the its not truly accelerated criticism against grouping the top cohort of kids together in one class in order to be able to provide that class with some additional challenge.

Ok but have you actually looked at the abysmal stats of some of the DCPS middle and high schools??

Take Eastern where in 2019, in math 2% were on grade level or above. This 2% were most likely on grade level. Then Covid hit and numbers got worst which I’m not going to spend time to drill down.

So there is no wide range of abilities. All the kids are below grade level. There is no critical number of kids to have a class even on grade level and if you have a high performing kid forget about it.

Huh? No, there is a wide range. You have kids 1 year below grade, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, etc., ELLs, and various IEP needs. I'm not trying to be snarky. The range is huge

Ok there is a range below grade level of course but the poster was talking about leveled classes for higher performing kids so implying wide range of below grade level to grade level to above grade level.

My point is there is no grade level or above grade level so it’s just the bottom which is not going to meet the needs of an average on grade level kid and will be laughable for a kid working 1-2 levels above grade level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’ve also struck out 8 times in a row with no chance! Everyone we know is somewhere they want to be, but we’ve never gotten a waitlist # below 50 at our top four picks.

When you say struck out, what were your criteria for what you would have taken? It seems close to impossible you couldn’t have gotten a good enough number for ITDS, MV, or H-A at some point in the last 8 years…

Tracking this. If you are only trying for the "fancy/rich" JKLMM or whatever they call themselves, maybe. But in the last three years Mundo Verde, Stokes French, Hyde Addison and probably a few more ran through their whole 3, 4, or 5 grade list. (Not each year, but individually, yes.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We’ve also struck out 8 times in a row with no chance! Everyone we know is somewhere they want to be, but we’ve never gotten a waitlist # below 50 at our top four picks.

When you say struck out, what were your criteria for what you would have taken? It seems close to impossible you couldn’t have gotten a good enough number for ITDS, MV, or H-A at some point in the last 8 years…

Tracking this. If you are only trying for the "fancy/rich" JKLMM or whatever they call themselves, maybe. But in the last three years Mundo Verde, Stokes French, Hyde Addison and probably a few more ran through their whole 3, 4, or 5 grade list. (Not each year, but individually, yes.)

If your kid is not already in a Spanish or French school, you would be stupid to put them in one in 3rd to 5th. Just setting your kid up for a huge failure, likely along with anger and resentment from your kid. For what? Trying to stay in DC? Seriously, just move to the burbs if you struck. That is what we would have done by 1st grade or so.

[Anonymous]

the above poster has a little bit of a point. if you only list the most “popular” schools with the absolute longest waitlists, you might strike out. but there are good elementary schools with happy families that had K-5 spaces available and/or do not have especially long waitlists.

[Anonymous]

When does post lottery application process begin?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When does post lottery application process begin?

It began when results were posted.

[Anonymous]

Looking for a nice working woman who has no more than 1 child and a good credit score, that wants their child to go to Brent Elementary school to be my roomate so we can afford this 1 million dollar home I see in Brent. lol. So both our kids can go to Brent Elementary school and not have to worry about this lottery.