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[quote=Anonymous]OP, you can still enroll your older child in free PK in DC if you are flexible on location. Read the FAQs here:

https://www.myschooldc.org/faq/faqs/#post-lotto

After the lottery results are announced on April 2nd, schools that have not filled their classes will be listed on the site and you can apply to them via the myschooldc.org website. You will need to create a profile for your child but you can do that before actually moving here as long as your intent is to move. You will also be able to put yourself on the waitlist for schools that are full (and myschooldc will usually publish a list of schools with short waitlists to help people identify these schools).

PK programs are pretty consistently good across the city, so even if the available programs are in schools you wouldn't consider for your child for older grades, it should be fine for PK. The limiting factor will be location and commute. But if you know where you might live or are considering, we might be able to help you identify PKs likely to have spots or shorter waitlists. Though this will be a weird year because of Covid so no guarantees -- to some extent you'll just need to check the lists after the 2nd to find out what your options are.

Also, you should look into co-ops, especially if you want a part-time program. Most require some amount of parent volunteer work but there were definitely grad students in our co-op when we were there. Many co-ops are traditionally for younger kids (since most people send their kids to PK here), but I think some have expanded their age limits upward during Covid because of the lack of in-person school. I would just reach out to them directly and ask what they are planning for next year and what their application deadlines are. Again, very dependent on where you are living. We are on the Hill and there are several co-ops here (OATS, Capital Hill Cooperative Playschool, Gan Shalom, G Street, I think maybe others). I know parents in Brookland who have participated in them and I'm sure there are others in the city.[/quote]

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