Anyone giving up a spot at Walls?
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Anonymous
| We are on the waitlist and wondering how far down the list they will go. |
Anonymous
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I suspect there will be a good number. When I spoke to someone at Walls at the open house last fall he said they would go through at a minimum 20 with kids that choose private over Walls, but they went a lot deeper into the waitlist than that last year.
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Anonymous
| They seem to always go through at least the 50s/60s. |
Anonymous
| Hang tight OP. May 1 deadline is next week. |
Anonymous
This. The past isn't always predictive but last year, my DD got in and we turned it down just about this time, maybe a few days earlier. One of DD's friends who was in the low 30s got a call before May 1. Another in the high 40s got a call just after May 1. |
Anonymous
| how is the wait list now at SWW? |
Anonymous
| My son went from 55 originally down to 39 in the last few days. Waiting for this to update post deadline! |
Anonymous
Can you please? That would be great! |
Anonymous
| We moved to DC post lottery so when we applied we didnt know our IB. We are now IB for Watkins but also in the waitlist for Walls. Should we stay at Watkins if offered a spot at Walls. How do they compare with each other? |
Anonymous
PP - you should start a new thread or search for posts about Watkins and School Without Walls at Francis Stevens (usually abbreviated here as SWW@FS). There is also a School Without Walls High School, and when people say "Walls" that is what they (and this thread) are referring to. It is quite confusing. Good luck. |
Anonymous
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Re Walls, I do not have information on the Walls waitlist, but,
to the extent it is helpful, I received confirmation from MySchoolDC within 2 hours of turning in my child's registration materials so it seems like Walls updates MySchoolDC in pretty near real time. |
Anonymous
| Just gave up a spot today. |
Anonymous
| How far has the list moved now? |
Anonymous
| The waitlist had been moving daily but has been stalled since Monday. Any hypotheses? |
Anonymous
Likely the initial movement was largely from people not enrolling by May 1. There will be a lag depending on how much time they give someone offered a seat from the WL to make a decision and enroll. However the last couple years virtually all WL offers are made by/before June. So it could be they are getting close to a full class. I'd call the school if you are close. |