yes, that is how all dual language programs work other than oyster (which has separate lotteries).

If you are happy at your current school, I would stay, unless you think it won't meet your child's needs down the road and the other school in question will. Commute might also make me move. Good luck.

The Emma Brown WaPo article has a link to a scanned version of each proposal.

To be clear--schools that currently feed to CHEC only feed there for middle school. For high school, they don't continue unless they are accepted through the application process and then matched. I don't know about Powell kids, but HD Cooke kids are then in-boundary for Wilson but I think would be in boundary for Cardozo under the new plan. We are ultimately expecting to have to move no matter what happens; CHEC or Cardozo are both non-starters for us.

CHEC is a neighborhood middle school but an application high school. I don't think they could have any school feed to the high school. We are currently IB for CHEC for middle school and Wilson for high school (though I'm almost positive they'll move us to Cardozo, though I haven't actually checked that in the proposal).

FYI Lee said at its open house that they are hoping to expand to 8th grade and will file a charter amendment when they get closer to needing to do so in a few years. OP, if I were in your shoes, I'd think about whether Montessori seems like a good fit in the long-term (i.e., into elementary school, not just the primary years), unless I had a good in-boundary school to fall back on.

TR is not moving--they are opening a second campus, which as far as I can tell is a lot less Metro-friendly. (But that's from Google maps, so I may be off.)

Anonymous wrote:Does Sela have pk-3?

Not for next year.

I talked to the principal of our IB school where we were accepted yesterday. It is a 99% FARMs school with DCPS-run aftercare. She had mentioned at an open house that the PK3/PK4 aftercare fills up fast, so we should get a form in as soon as it opens. When I followed up yesterday, she said that you apply for DCPS-run aftercare in the second or third week of August, and if you apply soon after it opens up, it should not be filled up. She also said the quality of the DCPS-run aftercare had gone up substantially and that that PK students are separated from the older kids. Good luck!

I don't think the lottery itself is unfair--it seems like the only fair way to divvy out what is a very scarce resource--seats at high-quality public and charter schools. What is upsetting is that we live in a city where demand so outstrips supply. We weren't shut out but would have been if we hadn't applied to our unpopular, extremely low-performing in-boundary school. We will try again, and eventually, if we don't get a seat at a school we feel we can stay at as our toddler gets older, we will move, possibly to the 'burbs if we can't afford to get in-boundary for a good school in DC. My husband and I really, really want to continue living in our neighborhood, but we understand that there are trade-offs. We can't afford private, but we can afford to move, and we will if we have to.

Even though I think the lottery is fair, it sure does stink to be one of the last lottery numbers drawn. Someone has to lose, though.

No, you are behind everyone who applied in round 1, even if they have no preference. You will be ahead of those who do not have the preference for those who apply in round 2.

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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.

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Anonymous wrote:No preference at Marie Reed. IB preference for Bancroft.

PP may be wondering because there are two programs at Marie Reed, and she may be thinking about dual language whereas I think you are talking about the English program.

Hey! You're one of the few people who identifies themselves on here. Curious how you did and what your top choice was?

I usually am logged in but sometimes it logs me out so sometimes I do post anonymously. I am PP above who had a similar waitlist number to you all--in-boundary for HD Cooke, got in there. We tried for a bunch of popular charters where we have no shot, but we are hopeful for one of the Marie Reed programs or Bridges, only because we know both schools went through nearlybtheir whole waitlists last year. We actually did like Cooke a lot wen we visited, so we would be fine going there, but we were more excited by the other schools. I am really glad that, at the behest of some friends, we checked out Cooke, or I would be having a rough night now. Hope you did well!

Anonymous wrote:No preference at Marie Reed. IB preference for Bancroft.

PP may be wondering because there are two programs at Marie Reed, and she may be thinking about dual language whereas I think you are talking about the English program.

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Anonymous wrote:John definitely has our votes. We know the Settles slightly and although he favors neighborhood preference, if he is open, then he is open. Also, he has the most common sense solution to housing-buy housing stock (there is more, you'll have to go to the website). He is not a duck and cover kind of person, you will always know where he stands.

I'm sorry, but it is pure insanity to vote for a candidate who has a specific position on something, that I disagree with, but to vote for them anyway because they're "open". The time to be open and do research as a candidate is BEFORE stating the position. Not to say "I'm in favor of this thing which, now I'm realizing a lot more people oppose than I thought, but vote for me anyway and we'll talk after I get elected". I'm only voting for a candidate who opposes neighborhood preference for charters. Period.

As Jeff has mentioned, all candidates favor some sort of neighborhood preference is some cases. Are you not going to vote for at large?

Not PP, but he or she could write in a candidate.

Does this mean that the results *are* up on the site, but so many people are trying to get on that we can't see it? (Like what happened at YY when its lottery opened?)