Do I need a safety?

[Anonymous]

I'm submitting a PK3 application to a popular DCPS. We live in boundary AND have an older sibling already attending.

Do I need a backup? This school has never turned away in-boundary kids with siblings, to date, but is it possible it'll be the first year!?

[Anonymous]

Do you absolutely need free Pk3 for your kid?

Would you send your child to a different school than your older child if you had to?

Anything is possible; some schools actually reduce the number of Pk3 classes they offer from one year to the next (rare, and usually people know this is coming).

[Anonymous]

What school?

[Anonymous]

There is no reason NOT to add more. Just put your first-choice school first. Add others in the order you would prefer. If by some chance you don't get into first choice, you will then have the option of going to the other, but you are not required to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no reason NOT to add more. Just put your first-choice school first. Add others in the order you would prefer. If by some chance you don't get into first choice, you will then have the option of going to the other, but you are not required to.

Ok, true. I know the answer to this but confirm for me: adding secondary/tertiary schools won't change my very high chances of getting into #1, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no reason NOT to add more. Just put your first-choice school first. Add others in the order you would prefer. If by some chance you don't get into first choice, you will then have the option of going to the other, but you are not required to.

Ok, true. I know the answer to this but confirm for me: adding secondary/tertiary schools won't change my very high chances of getting into #1, right?

Nope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What school?

+1. People can give more informed predictions of IB w/sib waitlist if you name the school. For example, IB w/sib has always gotten in at my neighborhood school, but there have been a ton of families with infants/toddlers that have moved here in the past year or two.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What school?

+1. People can give more informed predictions of IB w/sib waitlist if you name the school. For example, IB w/sib has always gotten in at my neighborhood school, but there have been a ton of families with infants/toddlers that have moved here in the past year or two.

What is your school,PP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no reason NOT to add more. Just put your first-choice school first. Add others in the order you would prefer. If by some chance you don't get into first choice, you will then have the option of going to the other, but you are not required to.

Ok, true. I know the answer to this but confirm for me: adding secondary/tertiary schools won't change my very high chances of getting into #1, right?

Come on. This is Lottery 101 stuff. I understand you're nervous, but come on.

[Anonymous]

Yes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no reason NOT to add more. Just put your first-choice school first. Add others in the order you would prefer. If by some chance you don't get into first choice, you will then have the option of going to the other, but you are not required to.

Ok, true. I know the answer to this but confirm for me: adding secondary/tertiary schools won't change my very high chances of getting into #1, right?

+1. there is literally no downside to adding a safety at #2, and it will take you 5 seconds.