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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look here: https://enrolldcps.dc.gov/node/61 You can see that 7 kids got into Mann for PK4 with no preference in the initial lottery.

Then use this: https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/aaron2446/viz/MSDCSeatsandWaitlistOfferData_draft/MSDCPublicDisplay
You can see that there were 29 lottery offers to a waitlist of 117. So, your chances are not very good but it could happen.[/quote]

If any kids with no preference got in, doesn't that mean that every kid with in bounds preference, like OP's kid seems to have, got in?

If OP is in walking distance, but not in bounds, then they have in bounds preference at Janney or Eaton or Stoddert or Hearst (correct me if my geography is off) which are also all good enough school that driving across the park isn't justified.  [/quote]

I would just spend PK4 and JLES and then go in bounds. But if you get into your IB for PK4, great. I would not do JLES--Mann--IB. Only go to Mann if you're planning to stay.[/quote]

I am the poster you are replying to.  I hadn't really thought about the possibility that OP was planning a double transfer.  If OP has an IB they like better than Mann, then I would apply there for PK4, and if the kid doesn't get in, spend another year at JLES.  If they like Mann better than their IB school, and both are walking distance, then I could see applying to Mann and then staying.

I would just not choose to drive across the park for 7 more years.  [/quote]

Agree. The difference between JLES and another good school for PK4 is likely not very significant, and the move is disruptive. Not worth it. Hold out for your first choice, OP.[/quote]

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