Preference and lottery number?

[Anonymous]

How does in boundary etc. preference work with lottery number? Doesn’t your number just get you higher on the list?

[Anonymous]

The students who are IB and have the best lottery number get in before the IN kids with worse lottery numbers.

Similarly the student who has a sibling attending and has the highest lottery number among the kids with the same preferences will go to the top of the line and be admitted first.

[Anonymous]

The videos at myschooldc explains this better than anyone on DCUM will - they are really worth your time.

https://www.myschooldc.org/resources/my-school-dc-videos

Essentially, your lottery number ranks you against everyone else with your preference for each school/grade.

[Anonymous]

Thanks! So does this mean they take all in boundary kids before others that aren’t, even if they have better numbers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks! So does this mean they take all in boundary kids before others that aren’t, even if they have better numbers?

Yes. And at some schools being IB isn’t enough if there are few seats and lots of IB siblings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks! So does this mean they take all in boundary kids before others that aren’t, even if they have better numbers?

Yes. And at some schools being IB isn’t enough if there are few seats and lots of IB siblings.

Got it. Thanks all! Looking at pk3 and starting to feel like there’s a lot of info to wade through.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks! So does this mean they take all in boundary kids before others that aren’t, even if they have better numbers?

Yes. And at some schools being IB isn’t enough if there are few seats and lots of IB siblings.

and DCPS dual language schools rank sibling preference over IB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks! So does this mean they take all in boundary kids before others that aren’t, even if they have better numbers?

Yes. And at some schools being IB isn’t enough if there are few seats and lots of IB siblings.

Got it. Thanks all! Looking at pk3 and starting to feel like there’s a lot of info to wade through.

Watch the video. Give your IB a lot of though and attention, since that is your most likely option. If logistically possible, consider DCPS' city-wide preschools (CHML, SWS, new Stevens school) where you have a better shot (only siblings to compete against/no IB preferences).

THen move on to charters.

Decide what's most important =- school you want to be in through 5th? Something to tide you over until you have guaranteed access to your IB for K (DCPS preschools are all similar and all pretty high quality)? A special program, such as dual=language or Montessori?

That will make it easier to decide what information to focus on.

Good luck. And remember you will probably end up at your IB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks! So does this mean they take all in boundary kids before others that aren’t, even if they have better numbers?

Yes. And at some schools being IB isn’t enough if there are few seats and lots of IB siblings.

Got it. Thanks all! Looking at pk3 and starting to feel like there’s a lot of info to wade through.

Watch the video. Give your IB a lot of though and attention, since that is your most likely option. If logistically possible, consider DCPS' city-wide preschools (CHML, SWS, new Stevens school) where you have a better shot (only siblings to compete against/no IB preferences).

THen move on to charters.

Decide what's most important =- school you want to be in through 5th? Something to tide you over until you have guaranteed access to your IB for K (DCPS preschools are all similar and all pretty high quality)? A special program, such as dual=language or Montessori?

That will make it easier to decide what information to focus on.

Good luck. And remember you will probably end up at your IB.

Thank you! Our IB is west, and I would be happy with that. But our daughter is at a Spanish speaking daycare. It has been very cool to see her learn both languages, and I'd love to see her in a dual Spanish/English program, but they look incredibly competitive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks! So does this mean they take all in boundary kids before others that aren’t, even if they have better numbers?

Yes. And at some schools being IB isn’t enough if there are few seats and lots of IB siblings.

Got it. Thanks all! Looking at pk3 and starting to feel like there’s a lot of info to wade through.

Watch the video. Give your IB a lot of though and attention, since that is your most likely option. If logistically possible, consider DCPS' city-wide preschools (CHML, SWS, new Stevens school) where you have a better shot (only siblings to compete against/no IB preferences).

THen move on to charters.

Decide what's most important =- school you want to be in through 5th? Something to tide you over until you have guaranteed access to your IB for K (DCPS preschools are all similar and all pretty high quality)? A special program, such as dual=language or Montessori?

That will make it easier to decide what information to focus on.

Good luck. And remember you will probably end up at your IB.

Thank you! Our IB is west, and I would be happy with that. But our daughter is at a Spanish speaking daycare. It has been very cool to see her learn both languages, and I'd love to see her in a dual Spanish/English program, but they look incredibly competitive.

For DCPS - unless you are willing to drive EOTR, the dual language schools are the longest of shots for an OOB, English dominant child. For a dual language charter, there are no preferences for out of bound, and language dominance is irrelevant. You have as good a shot there as anyone else without a sibling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks! So does this mean they take all in boundary kids before others that aren’t, even if they have better numbers?

Yes. And at some schools being IB isn’t enough if there are few seats and lots of IB siblings.

Got it. Thanks all! Looking at pk3 and starting to feel like there’s a lot of info to wade through.

Watch the video. Give your IB a lot of though and attention, since that is your most likely option. If logistically possible, consider DCPS' city-wide preschools (CHML, SWS, new Stevens school) where you have a better shot (only siblings to compete against/no IB preferences).

THen move on to charters.

Decide what's most important =- school you want to be in through 5th? Something to tide you over until you have guaranteed access to your IB for K (DCPS preschools are all similar and all pretty high quality)? A special program, such as dual=language or Montessori?

That will make it easier to decide what information to focus on.

Good luck. And remember you will probably end up at your IB.

Thank you! Our IB is west, and I would be happy with that. But our daughter is at a Spanish speaking daycare. It has been very cool to see her learn both languages, and I'd love to see her in a dual Spanish/English program, but they look incredibly competitive.

For DCPS - unless you are willing to drive EOTR, the dual language schools are the longest of shots for an OOB, English dominant child. For a dual language charter, there are no preferences for out of bound, and language dominance is irrelevant. You have as good a shot there as anyone else without a sibling.

What is EOTR?

[Anonymous]

R stands for dividing line between DCUM and WHHHHOOOO KNNNOOOOWWWWS?

[Anonymous]

East of the River (Ward 7 and 8).

Houston Elementary had a very short wait list for Pk3, PK4, K and 1st. Almost everyone on the WL got a spot by October.

[Anonymous]

Just to set expectations/
It’s not that you have the thinnest of chances OOB at WOTR dual language English-dominant PK3/4 DCPS schools.
There is literally no chance.
Your kid could get the absolute highest number in the lotería and your kid will not get in.

Barring schools that add classrooms or make otherwise unusual changes, there are literally zero OOB kids taken.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just to set expectations/
It’s not that you have the thinnest of chances OOB at WOTR dual language English-dominant PK3/4 DCPS schools.
There is literally no chance.
Your kid could get the absolute highest number in the lotería and your kid will not get in.

Barring schools that add classrooms or make otherwise unusual changes, there are literally zero OOB kids taken.

Yes, this is what I saw and why I wasn't even going to bother listing them - but it sounds like maybe a chance at the charter schools?