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dcmom wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Very disappointed. We will apply for Francis Stevens in round 2. Besides that we can't afford to go private, since it us PK3 our choices are going to be very limited.

1 Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS Waitlist #238 No preference
2 School-Within-School Waitlist #310 No preference
3 Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS Waitlist #396 No preference
4 Ross Elementary School Waitlist #268 No preference
5 Garrison Elementary School Waitlist #25 No preference

I don't know if your chances of getting into FS will be any better in round 2. I put it down in round 1 and got a waitlist number in the 60s. So if you apply in round 2 you will be behind that.

Francis Stevens is an in-bound school for us, does that mean that if we put it as option 1 for Round 2 we will be wait listed ahead of those who applied in Round 1 but were waitlisted because they are not inbound? At this point we are hoping for Garrison, but we are OOB and I have no idea how the wait list will move this year. Thanks for any clarifications, I am lost and confused -besides being frustrated and depressed.

No, you are behind everyone who applied in round 1. If this is for PK3, I think you basically have no chance--we are something like 120 at SWW@F-S (out of bounds) in round 1. Good luck.

Thanks for the clarification. Hoping something will happen with the Garrison wait list, can anyone chime in with their thoughts? Much appreciated..

[Anonymous]

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dcmom wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very disappointed. We will apply for Francis Stevens in round 2. Besides that we can't afford to go private, since it us PK3 our choices are going to be very limited.

1 Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS Waitlist #238 No preference
2 School-Within-School Waitlist #310 No preference
3 Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS Waitlist #396 No preference
4 Ross Elementary School Waitlist #268 No preference
5 Garrison Elementary School Waitlist #25 No preference

I don't know if your chances of getting into FS will be any better in round 2. I put it down in round 1 and got a waitlist number in the 60s. So if you apply in round 2 you will be behind that.

Francis Stevens is an in-bound school for us, does that mean that if we put it as option 1 for Round 2 we will be wait listed ahead of those who applied in Round 1 but were waitlisted because they are not inbound? At this point we are hoping for Garrison, but we are OOB and I have no idea how the wait list will move this year. Thanks for any clarifications, I am lost and confused -besides being frustrated and depressed.

No, you are behind everyone who applied in round 1. If this is for PK3, I think you basically have no chance--we are something like 120 at SWW@F-S (out of bounds) in round 1. Good luck.

Thanks for the clarification. Hoping something will happen with the Garrison wait list, can anyone chime in with their thoughts? Much appreciated..

Is there any reason you didn't put FS down during round 1? Did you exhaust all 12 spaces? I think Garrison is going to be tough with a waitlist of 25.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very disappointed. We will apply for Francis Stevens in round 2. Besides that we can't afford to go private, since it us PK3 our choices are going to be very limited.

1 Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS Waitlist #238 No preference
2 School-Within-School Waitlist #310 No preference
3 Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS Waitlist #396 No preference
4 Ross Elementary School Waitlist #268 No preference
5 Garrison Elementary School Waitlist #25 No preference

I don't know if your chances of getting into FS will be any better in round 2. I put it down in round 1 and got a waitlist number in the 60s. So if you apply in round 2 you will be behind that.

Francis Stevens is an in-bound school for us, does that mean that if we put it as option 1 for Round 2 we will be wait listed ahead of those who applied in Round 1 but were waitlisted because they are not inbound? At this point we are hoping for Garrison, but we are OOB and I have no idea how the wait list will move this year. Thanks for any clarifications, I am lost and confused -besides being frustrated and depressed.

Really? We are inbound for Garrison. What do you like about it? We need to consider whether we go there or one of our other inbound schools. (For K we have a spot as a matter of right).

I met with the teachers and it seemed like a decent neighborhood school with potential. DD loved Dreative Minds and kept telling us that it was HER school, unfortunately we are wait listed there in the low 200's so no chance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

dcmom wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very disappointed. We will apply for Francis Stevens in round 2. Besides that we can't afford to go private, since it us PK3 our choices are going to be very limited.

1 Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS Waitlist #238 No preference
2 School-Within-School Waitlist #310 No preference
3 Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS Waitlist #396 No preference
4 Ross Elementary School Waitlist #268 No preference
5 Garrison Elementary School Waitlist #25 No preference

I don't know if your chances of getting into FS will be any better in round 2. I put it down in round 1 and got a waitlist number in the 60s. So if you apply in round 2 you will be behind that.

Francis Stevens is an in-bound school for us, does that mean that if we put it as option 1 for Round 2 we will be wait listed ahead of those who applied in Round 1 but were waitlisted because they are not inbound? At this point we are hoping for Garrison, but we are OOB and I have no idea how the wait list will move this year. Thanks for any clarifications, I am lost and confused -besides being frustrated and depressed.

No, you are behind everyone who applied in round 1. If this is for PK3, I think you basically have no chance--we are something like 120 at SWW@F-S (out of bounds) in round 1. Good luck.

Thanks for the clarification. Hoping something will happen with the Garrison wait list, can anyone chime in with their thoughts? Much appreciated..

Is there any reason you didn't put FS down during round 1? Did you exhaust all 12 spaces? I think Garrison is going to be tough with a waitlist of 25.

I was overly ambitious with my seelction and very stupid.

[Anonymous]

But at least you know you'll get it at K (and even possibly at PK-4). You just need to find something for this year. All is not lost. What if your IB was a no starter? That would be the worst case scenario.

[Anonymous]

I bet there will be some Garrison movement--no idea how much--but it's our IB and I know there are neighborhood families with low enough numbers on other waitlists that they're optimistic.

It's really the illusion of choice that's so frustrating here.

Good luck, everyone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Applied to 12 schools for PK-3 and didn't get in anywhere. No higher than #25 on any wait list (and that one was our 11th choice). Have no back-up plan. So disappointed.

So what does that mean? Is your kid currently in a nanny share, or are you a SAHM?

He is in an in-home day care, but his space fills up in October (with my newborn due any day now!).

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Anonymous wrote:We got in absolutely nowhere for kindergarten. Compared to previous years our numbers look good, because we're under 100 for most of them, but the numbers of applicants and places are much lower for kindergarten. I can expect very little movement.

Really depressed because we have no other option.

will you consider moving to burbs?

No. Not an option. Like I said we have no other option.

You have pther options, they just might not be a choice that you are willing to make. You could send you child to the IB school. Move. Homeschool. Private. Don't feel defeated.

Move, homeschool, private are NOT options. Not everyone on this board is wealthy. Our only real "option" is the IB school which is not really an "option" simply the default.

Moving is always an option.

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Anonymous wrote:We got in absolutely nowhere for kindergarten. Compared to previous years our numbers look good, because we're under 100 for most of them, but the numbers of applicants and places are much lower for kindergarten. I can expect very little movement.

Really depressed because we have no other option.

will you consider moving to burbs?

No. Not an option. Like I said we have no other option.

You have pther options, they just might not be a choice that you are willing to make. You could send you child to the IB school. Move. Homeschool. Private. Don't feel defeated.

Move, homeschool, private are NOT options. Not everyone on this board is wealthy. Our only real "option" is the IB school which is not really an "option" simply the default.

Welcome to the reality of the rest of us who aren't wealthy and whose inbound school is the only option. Maybe you will now help us improve our inbound school. After all, you chose our neighborhood to live in.

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Anonymous wrote:We got in absolutely nowhere for kindergarten. Compared to previous years our numbers look good, because we're under 100 for most of them, but the numbers of applicants and places are much lower for kindergarten. I can expect very little movement.

Really depressed because we have no other option.

will you consider moving to burbs?

No. Not an option. Like I said we have no other option.

You have pther options, they just might not be a choice that you are willing to make. You could send you child to the IB school. Move. Homeschool. Private. Don't feel defeated.

Move, homeschool, private are NOT options. Not everyone on this board is wealthy. Our only real "option" is the IB school which is not really an "option" simply the default.

Moving is always an option.

Agree with PP, of course moving is an option. Moving is a time honored tradition for parents to get their children into school. Maybe you don't want to downsize, maybe you have some other issue with it being difficulty timing to move, but it is clearly an option. Move, rent your place out and rent in the new school district. There are always options. This has nothing to do with being wealthy, sorry.

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We didn't get in anywhere.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We got in absolutely nowhere for kindergarten. Compared to previous years our numbers look good, because we're under 100 for most of them, but the numbers of applicants and places are much lower for kindergarten. I can expect very little movement.

Really depressed because we have no other option.

will you consider moving to burbs?

No. Not an option. Like I said we have no other option.

You have pther options, they just might not be a choice that you are willing to make. You could send you child to the IB school. Move. Homeschool. Private. Don't feel defeated.

Move, homeschool, private are NOT options. Not everyone on this board is wealthy. Our only real "option" is the IB school which is not really an "option" simply the default.

Moving is always an option.

Agree with PP, of course moving is an option. Moving is a time honored tradition for parents to get their children into school. Maybe you don't want to downsize, maybe you have some other issue with it being difficulty timing to move, but it is clearly an option. Move, rent your place out and rent in the new school district. There are always options. This has nothing to do with being wealthy, sorry.

Seriously. So much drama here. Does PP have parents/in-laws she can send her kid to and see if she can get her kid into their neighborhood school? I've known families who've shipped their kids across the country for the opportunity to attend school. My in-laws actually boarded a former neighbor's kid who was in a similar situation, and they weren't anything but good neighbors. There are lots of ways to get things done, if you really want them done.

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Can't believe there are so few of us who got in nowhere! No I feel like a real loser!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can't believe there are so few of us who got in nowhere! No I feel like a real loser!

I'm with you, pp. According to the wash post, 12% of is got shut out for pk3.

Really curious how much wait list movement there will be.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can't believe there are so few of us who got in nowhere! No I feel like a real loser!

I'm with you, pp. According to the wash post, 12% of is got shut out for pk3.

Really curious how much wait list movement there will be.

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