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[quote=Anonymous]In bounds is a right beginnig in kindergarten, age 5, at all DCPS schools.

For pre-k, age 4, there are no guaranteed spots even if you are in boundary. Pre-k is not compulsory. Kindergarten is so the city  school system has to provide kindergarten and higher spaces for all kids. So yes. You just show up in kindergarten.

For Oyster, the pre-k lottery preference order is different from other DCPS. Siblings, in or out bounds regardless of language dominance, have preference over anyone new to the school. The logic is that families who are familiar with the school model (no matter their own language) and have more than one child in the school can help ensure that there are enough bilingual or bilingual-committed families to balance out the in boundary families in later grades.  (There's a long complicated history behind this.)

We are Spanish-dominant in boundary for Oyster and did not get in for pre-k lottery. However, we are really happy that there are out of boundary families with multiple kids at the school. It really helped us adjust to Oyster (it's complicated) to have so many experienced parents and kids.

If you want Spanish through 8th grade, then move in-boundary for Oyster, cross your fingers while applying for the pre-k lotteries at all the bilingual public and charter schools. Even the mediocre schools have waitlists of 300 or more.

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