When is the first year MV kids aren't "guaranteed" DCI access?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone remind me when the bubble year is when MV kids outsize their number of allocated DCI slots? Was it this year or next? If this year, did any kid not get in? Are those who doesn't get in automatically "ahead" of other kids on the waitlist or is everyone then lumped together by their "master" numbers?

Thanks.

Once a school has more applicants than its Guaranteed seats, then students get member school preference for any general seats, which consist of unused seats by other member schools and additional seats (if any) created by DCI. Those general seats will be allocated according to member school preference, sibling preference, and lottery number.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://dcinternationalschool.org/about-us/faqs/

Note, it says "in the language tracks in which they are enrolled". So that means the Chinese and French schools don't give spots to extra MV graduates.

Also: "DCI has sibling preference within DCI, as well as with the following member schools: DC Bilingual, LAMB, Mundo Verde, and Yu Ying. Sibling preference can only be approved for siblings in the same language track."

So that seems like if there's too many MV kids for the allocation, those who are DCI siblings would have preference for the empty seats.

Does anyone know why Stokes doesn’t receive a sibling preference? It seems odd and unfair that it isn’t consistent across the board.

Stokes students also receive sibling preference at DCI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://dcinternationalschool.org/about-us/faqs/

Note, it says "in the language tracks in which they are enrolled". So that means the Chinese and French schools don't give spots to extra MV graduates.

Also: "DCI has sibling preference within DCI, as well as with the following member schools: DC Bilingual, LAMB, Mundo Verde, and Yu Ying. Sibling preference can only be approved for siblings in the same language track."

So that seems like if there's too many MV kids for the allocation, those who are DCI siblings would have preference for the empty seats.

Does anyone know why Stokes doesn’t receive a sibling preference? It seems odd and unfair that it isn’t consistent across the board.

Stokes has been talking about starting their own middle school EOTR. How such a small school can do that is a mystery.

Or it could be just a mistake in the text of the website.

I hope they create another immersion MS option EOTR. We are at Global Citizens and can’t imagine traveling all the way to DCI for immersion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From what I can tell, the vast majority of parents posting negative things about the school are either venting about very current frustrations ( like the parents who protested and MV called the cops on them) or they are parents who left the school in the past 5 years in extreme frustration, and are trying to warn others.

These waves of complaints are typically countered by 1 or 2 Calle Ocho parents who offer a single anecdote about how their one kid managed to dodge all of the bullets (the repeated and systemic issues raised by the negative parents) and is doing fine.

No, it is obvious that majority of posters have no experience with the school. You can tell by the information the provide . Two Posters claimed to be past parents and two other posters current parents. That is why you have to take everything that you read here with a grain of salt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can someone remind me when the bubble year is when MV kids outsize their number of allocated DCI slots? Was it this year or next? If this year, did any kid not get in? Are those who doesn't get in automatically "ahead" of other kids on the waitlist or is everyone then lumped together by their "master" numbers?

Thanks.

Once a school has more applicants than its Guaranteed seats, then students get member school preference for any general seats, which consist of unused seats by other member schools and additional seats (if any) created by DCI. Those general seats will be allocated according to member school preference, sibling preference, and lottery number.

Cite?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://dcinternationalschool.org/about-us/faqs/

Note, it says "in the language tracks in which they are enrolled". So that means the Chinese and French schools don't give spots to extra MV graduates.

Also: "DCI has sibling preference within DCI, as well as with the following member schools: DC Bilingual, LAMB, Mundo Verde, and Yu Ying. Sibling preference can only be approved for siblings in the same language track."

So that seems like if there's too many MV kids for the allocation, those who are DCI siblings would have preference for the empty seats.

Does anyone know why Stokes doesn’t receive a sibling preference? It seems odd and unfair that it isn’t consistent across the board.

Stokes has been talking about starting their own middle school EOTR. How such a small school can do that is a mystery.

Or it could be just a mistake in the text of the website.

I hope they create another immersion MS option EOTR. We are at Global Citizens and can’t imagine traveling all the way to DCI for immersion.

Global Citizens is not a member school so you would not have preference anyhow. You would have to enter the general lottery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From what I can tell, the vast majority of parents posting negative things about the school are either venting about very current frustrations ( like the parents who protested and MV called the cops on them) or they are parents who left the school in the past 5 years in extreme frustration, and are trying to warn others.

These waves of complaints are typically countered by 1 or 2 Calle Ocho parents who offer a single anecdote about how their one kid managed to dodge all of the bullets (the repeated and systemic issues raised by the negative parents) and is doing fine.

Very well said. Not caring about an issue doesn't make it go away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From what I can tell, the vast majority of parents posting negative things about the school are either venting about very current frustrations ( like the parents who protested and MV called the cops on them) or they are parents who left the school in the past 5 years in extreme frustration, and are trying to warn others.

These waves of complaints are typically countered by 1 or 2 Calle Ocho parents who offer a single anecdote about how their one kid managed to dodge all of the bullets (the repeated and systemic issues raised by the negative parents) and is doing fine.

No, it is obvious that majority of posters have no experience with the school. You can tell by the information the provide . Two Posters claimed to be past parents and two other posters current parents. That is why you have to take everything that you read here with a grain of salt.

This. Many posters with no experience or no kids at the school.

Always lots more posts from above than actual real parents.

[Anonymous]

what do you want us to say to prove we’re MV families? Chipotle fundraiser for the Puerto Rico trip, teacher turnover, publishing parties, gaslighting administration, the potluck festival, Padres Whatsapp…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From what I can tell, the vast majority of parents posting negative things about the school are either venting about very current frustrations ( like the parents who protested and MV called the cops on them) or they are parents who left the school in the past 5 years in extreme frustration, and are trying to warn others.

These waves of complaints are typically countered by 1 or 2 Calle Ocho parents who offer a single anecdote about how their one kid managed to dodge all of the bullets (the repeated and systemic issues raised by the negative parents) and is doing fine.

Very well said. Not caring about an issue doesn't make it go away.

Nope, I would counter that 2 campuses with 2 different leaderships at the school May nit run the same way. It’s obvious you don’t understand that. Just like Stokes has 2 campuses and they are very different in how each school is run.

Lastly, like every school, you might have a great year and a terrible year with teachers, certain circumstances, trouble kids in a class, etc…. I can say this from my own experience. This was clear from the protest which was just parents in a certain 3rd grade class and not the whole school and all grades.

[Anonymous]

And you're fine with Kristin calling the cops on MV parents, because their kids were in a different grade than your kids, or on a different campus?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From what I can tell, the vast majority of parents posting negative things about the school are either venting about very current frustrations ( like the parents who protested and MV called the cops on them) or they are parents who left the school in the past 5 years in extreme frustration, and are trying to warn others.

These waves of complaints are typically countered by 1 or 2 Calle Ocho parents who offer a single anecdote about how their one kid managed to dodge all of the bullets (the repeated and systemic issues raised by the negative parents) and is doing fine.

Very well said. Not caring about an issue doesn't make it go away.

Nope, I would counter that 2 campuses with 2 different leaderships at the school May nit run the same way. It’s obvious you don’t understand that. Just like Stokes has 2 campuses and they are very different in how each school is run.

Lastly, like every school, you might have a great year and a terrible year with teachers, certain circumstances, trouble kids in a class, etc…. I can say this from my own experience. This was clear from the protest which was just parents in a certain 3rd grade class and not the whole school and all grades.

Oh but we understand it all too well. Know what else we understand? That they're still run by the same dysfunctional leadership at the top.

Look, many of us remember the good times at P St. Back when everyone was excited about the school, when the constant teacher turnover and weak academics and behavior issues hadn't really caught up to it yet. Back when there was a DCI guarantee rather than just a preference. It's nice that you're happy with Calle Ocho, but in time, you might find the same issues popping up just like we did. Or maybe the issues are there now but you haven't personally experienced them. Don't be so sure you have it all figured out.

I would also point out to you that having 5th graders might not improve your scores as much as you think. They're still only one out of 3 grades in the testing pool, and possibly a numerically smaller grade, so there's only so much they can pull up the totals even if the 5th graders perform well. And at Stokes, just to pick a DCI feeder example, the 5th grade ELA scores are lower than the 4th grade ELA scores. The same is true at LAMB and DCB. Now, why might this be? It's because at many schools, the higher-performing kids exit to Latin and BASIS seeking a guarantee of a high school spot and strong academics. Since Calle Ocho kids don't have a guaranteed place at DCI, I would expect the same pattern to hold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From what I can tell, the vast majority of parents posting negative things about the school are either venting about very current frustrations ( like the parents who protested and MV called the cops on them) or they are parents who left the school in the past 5 years in extreme frustration, and are trying to warn others.

These waves of complaints are typically countered by 1 or 2 Calle Ocho parents who offer a single anecdote about how their one kid managed to dodge all of the bullets (the repeated and systemic issues raised by the negative parents) and is doing fine.

Very well said. Not caring about an issue doesn't make it go away.

Nope, I would counter that 2 campuses with 2 different leaderships at the school May nit run the same way. It’s obvious you don’t understand that. Just like Stokes has 2 campuses and they are very different in how each school is run.

Lastly, like every school, you might have a great year and a terrible year with teachers, certain circumstances, trouble kids in a class, etc…. I can say this from my own experience. This was clear from the protest which was just parents in a certain 3rd grade class and not the whole school and all grades.

Oh but we understand it all too well. Know what else we understand? That they're still run by the same dysfunctional leadership at the top.

Look, many of us remember the good times at P St. Back when everyone was excited about the school, when the constant teacher turnover and weak academics and behavior issues hadn't really caught up to it yet. Back when there was a DCI guarantee rather than just a preference. It's nice that you're happy with Calle Ocho, but in time, you might find the same issues popping up just like we did. Or maybe the issues are there now but you haven't personally experienced them. Don't be so sure you have it all figured out.

I would also point out to you that having 5th graders might not improve your scores as much as you think. They're still only one out of 3 grades in the testing pool, and possibly a numerically smaller grade, so there's only so much they can pull up the totals even if the 5th graders perform well. And at Stokes, just to pick a DCI feeder example, the 5th grade ELA scores are lower than the 4th grade ELA scores. The same is true at LAMB and DCB. Now, why might this be? It's because at many schools, the higher-performing kids exit to Latin and BASIS seeking a guarantee of a high school spot and strong academics. Since Calle Ocho kids don't have a guaranteed place at DCI, I would expect the same pattern to hold.

Oh, Michelle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From what I can tell, the vast majority of parents posting negative things about the school are either venting about very current frustrations ( like the parents who protested and MV called the cops on them) or they are parents who left the school in the past 5 years in extreme frustration, and are trying to warn others.

These waves of complaints are typically countered by 1 or 2 Calle Ocho parents who offer a single anecdote about how their one kid managed to dodge all of the bullets (the repeated and systemic issues raised by the negative parents) and is doing fine.

Very well said. Not caring about an issue doesn't make it go away.

Nope, I would counter that 2 campuses with 2 different leaderships at the school May nit run the same way. It’s obvious you don’t understand that. Just like Stokes has 2 campuses and they are very different in how each school is run.

Lastly, like every school, you might have a great year and a terrible year with teachers, certain circumstances, trouble kids in a class, etc…. I can say this from my own experience. This was clear from the protest which was just parents in a certain 3rd grade class and not the whole school and all grades.

Oh but we understand it all too well. Know what else we understand? That they're still run by the same dysfunctional leadership at the top.

Look, many of us remember the good times at P St. Back when everyone was excited about the school, when the constant teacher turnover and weak academics and behavior issues hadn't really caught up to it yet. Back when there was a DCI guarantee rather than just a preference. It's nice that you're happy with Calle Ocho, but in time, you might find the same issues popping up just like we did. Or maybe the issues are there now but you haven't personally experienced them. Don't be so sure you have it all figured out.

I would also point out to you that having 5th graders might not improve your scores as much as you think. They're still only one out of 3 grades in the testing pool, and possibly a numerically smaller grade, so there's only so much they can pull up the totals even if the 5th graders perform well. And at Stokes, just to pick a DCI feeder example, the 5th grade ELA scores are lower than the 4th grade ELA scores. The same is true at LAMB and DCB. Now, why might this be? It's because at many schools, the higher-performing kids exit to Latin and BASIS seeking a guarantee of a high school spot and strong academics. Since Calle Ocho kids don't have a guaranteed place at DCI, I would expect the same pattern to hold.

Oh, Michelle.

I am really not Michelle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://dcinternationalschool.org/about-us/faqs/

Note, it says "in the language tracks in which they are enrolled". So that means the Chinese and French schools don't give spots to extra MV graduates.

Also: "DCI has sibling preference within DCI, as well as with the following member schools: DC Bilingual, LAMB, Mundo Verde, and Yu Ying. Sibling preference can only be approved for siblings in the same language track."

So that seems like if there's too many MV kids for the allocation, those who are DCI siblings would have preference for the empty seats.

Does anyone know why Stokes doesn’t receive a sibling preference? It seems odd and unfair that it isn’t consistent across the board.

Stokes has been talking about starting their own middle school EOTR. How such a small school can do that is a mystery.

Or it could be just a mistake in the text of the website.

I hope they create another immersion MS option EOTR. We are at Global Citizens and can’t imagine traveling all the way to DCI for immersion.

The intent of Stokes for the middle school was to be an option for the DCPS immersion schools as well as others charters on that side of DC and not just their students.