Post here if you didn't get in anywhere!

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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.


Sorry you had bad luck with the lottery. You'll have to enroll in your IB kindergarten class, right?


Yes, that's true. And I guess it's where we'll end up. I'm not thrilled about the school, particularly the unenthusiastic teachers, but also Tools of the Mind. My kid does pretty well at "self regulation" and is already way ahead of what they will be teaching academically. I don't know a single family in the neighborhood sending their kid their for K.


You'll meet them, because you weren't the only parent in the entire neighborhood that was shut out.


Actually, of the many families I know in the neighborhood, I was. Everyone else already had decent kindergarten options having got lucky in previous years lotteries. Yes, there are kids at that school, but they are not active in the community and they are not families that I know. We have a neighborhood listserv with hundreds of parents on it. Literally NOBODY on that list serv sends their kids there for kindergarten. A few go there for PS3 and PK4 but by K they find somewhere else to go.


Time to meet the families with kids your kid's age! This year, there will be people on your listserv sending kids to K, because they will have been shut out too. Unless you're the only one in the entire neighborhood who has a kindergartner this year? Did you post on your list serve yet?


I know almost all of the families with kids my kid's age. This school also takes inboundary kids from east of our neighborhood. Most of the kids that go there are from that neighborhood, which is considerably less gentrified. (this is not a race issue. there are many AA families in my part of the neighborhood, and like the white families, they too send their kids to charters.) There is literally NOBODY on our list serve that sends their kids to that school for kindergarten. Of course, the list serve skews toward the higher socio economic families, but it is otherwise very diverse. They send their kids everywhere but the inbound school. Some try it for PS3 and PS4, but they ALL switch for/before K.
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Anonymous wrote:We didn't get in anywhere last year, and when it was all said and done we got into 5 schools. Don't despair.

This! Don't despair! Got in no where year one. Got in everywhere year 2. Things get better!
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Are you the parent whose IB is Walker Jones? Did you apply for J.O. or Ludlow-Taylor? They both usually have OOB K spots.
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Anonymous wrote:We didn't get in anywhere last year, and when it was all said and done we got into 5 schools. Don't despair.

This! Don't despair! Got in no where year one. Got in everywhere year 2. Things get better!


Or:

Got in nowhere for PK3
Got in nowhere for PK4
and now... nowhere for K.

Yep, that's how it happens.
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Anonymous wrote:Are you the parent whose IB is Walker Jones? Did you apply for J.O. or Ludlow-Taylor? They both usually have OOB K spots.


Hopefully Walker Jones - a few of us parents who were shut out this year are planning on going to WJ for next year. We hope to see you there.
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For the poster who said follow up with Bridges--It seems unethical of the schools to select students off the waitlist out of order. I really hope that is not happening.
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This is year number 2 of us not getting in anywhere.

We have a backup for this year.

But next year, if we get in no where, we will seriously consider moving.

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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.


Sorry you had bad luck with the lottery. You'll have to enroll in your IB kindergarten class, right?


Yes, that's true. And I guess it's where we'll end up. I'm not thrilled about the school, particularly the unenthusiastic teachers, but also Tools of the Mind. My kid does pretty well at "self regulation" and is already way ahead of what they will be teaching academically. I don't know a single family in the neighborhood sending their kid their for K.


You'll meet them, because you weren't the only parent in the entire neighborhood that was shut out.


Actually, of the many families I know in the neighborhood, I was. Everyone else already had decent kindergarten options having got lucky in previous years lotteries. Yes, there are kids at that school, but they are not active in the community and they are not families that I know. We have a neighborhood listserv with hundreds of parents on it. Literally NOBODY on that list serv sends their kids there for kindergarten. A few go there for PS3 and PK4 but by K they find somewhere else to go.


Time to meet the families with kids your kid's age! This year, there will be people on your listserv sending kids to K, because they will have been shut out too. Unless you're the only one in the entire neighborhood who has a kindergartner this year? Did you post on your list serve yet?


I know almost all of the families with kids my kid's age. This school also takes inboundary kids from east of our neighborhood. Most of the kids that go there are from that neighborhood, which is considerably less gentrified. (this is not a race issue. there are many AA families in my part of the neighborhood, and like the white families, they too send their kids to charters.) There is literally NOBODY on our list serve that sends their kids to that school for kindergarten. Of course, the list serve skews toward the higher socio economic families, but it is otherwise very diverse. They send their kids everywhere but the inbound school. Some try it for PS3 and PS4, but they ALL switch for/before K.


So you already know that this year, most of the families with kids your kid's age have gotten into a spot other than your IB school? Your list serve must have been busy this morning! Well, I'm sorry that you're the only family in the neighborhood that didn't get into another place. Do you know if any of the other kindergartener families will be declining their spots? I already know of a few families declining spots at my IB school.
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Anonymous wrote:For the poster who said follow up with Bridges--It seems unethical of the schools to select students off the waitlist out of order. I really hope that is not happening.


The poster who wants Bridges has a SN student, so I would hope that there is some way for their child to get into a school that specializes in providing services for SN kids. I wouldn't think it's unethical in that case.
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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.


Sorry you had bad luck with the lottery. You'll have to enroll in your IB kindergarten class, right?


Yes, that's true. And I guess it's where we'll end up. I'm not thrilled about the school, particularly the unenthusiastic teachers, but also Tools of the Mind. My kid does pretty well at "self regulation" and is already way ahead of what they will be teaching academically. I don't know a single family in the neighborhood sending their kid their for K.


You'll meet them, because you weren't the only parent in the entire neighborhood that was shut out.


Actually, of the many families I know in the neighborhood, I was. Everyone else already had decent kindergarten options having got lucky in previous years lotteries. Yes, there are kids at that school, but they are not active in the community and they are not families that I know. We have a neighborhood listserv with hundreds of parents on it. Literally NOBODY on that list serv sends their kids there for kindergarten. A few go there for PS3 and PK4 but by K they find somewhere else to go.


Time to meet the families with kids your kid's age! This year, there will be people on your listserv sending kids to K, because they will have been shut out too. Unless you're the only one in the entire neighborhood who has a kindergartner this year? Did you post on your list serve yet?


I know almost all of the families with kids my kid's age. This school also takes inboundary kids from east of our neighborhood. Most of the kids that go there are from that neighborhood, which is considerably less gentrified. (this is not a race issue. there are many AA families in my part of the neighborhood, and like the white families, they too send their kids to charters.) There is literally NOBODY on our list serve that sends their kids to that school for kindergarten. Of course, the list serve skews toward the higher socio economic families, but it is otherwise very diverse. They send their kids everywhere but the inbound school. Some try it for PS3 and PS4, but they ALL switch for/before K.


So you already know that this year, most of the families with kids your kid's age have gotten into a spot other than your IB school? Your list serve must have been busy this morning! Well, I'm sorry that you're the only family in the neighborhood that didn't get into another place. Do you know if any of the other kindergartener families will be declining their spots? I already know of a few families declining spots at my IB school.


No, I already know that very few neighborhood families with kindergartners were playing the lottery - in fact, I only know one other and their plan was private if they didn't get lucky. All the dozens of other K kids are already at charters they love or have moved or are planning to move. But mainly, at charters that they love.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.


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).
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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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