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[quote=abarem123]Hi! We're moving to DC this summer with a then 4 year old and 1.5 year old. Coming from Hoboken NJ where we are blessed with free excellent public PK3 and PK4. My older child will have just finished PK3 when we move, and while we are still not entirely sure where we will live, we are currently leaning towards the Hill as I understand it to be most similar to what we love about Hoboken (walkability, community, lots of young families, urban).

I spoke with My School DC last week to inquire about how the PK4 lottery would work for us given we are moving in the summer. The representative was super helpful and recommended that we actually enter the lottery this winter and hope for waitlists at our top choices/most choices. It sounds like the perfect scenario is - waitlist everywhere and get in to a top choice (or any choice) over the summer when we can provide proof of residency. She said even if we get matched with a school towards the end of our list, we could decline (assuming we won't have proof of residency by May 1) and stay on the list for schools ranked above and hopefully clear them by the time school starts. We would be no worse off employing this strategy vs. waiting until we move to enter the waitlists.

That said - any ideas/suggestions on how to best play this especially since we don't have an "in boundary" school yet or a school that we want solely because of proximity to home? As stated, the plan as of now is to move to the Hill (ideally around alot of young families, playgrounds, etc.). However, I'm concerned that PK4 odds may be awful for us as most of the Hill pre-k schools start at PK3. Am I thinking about that right? Our odds for PK4 placement in the Hill may be awful? I've looked a bit at the waitlist results on My School DC and seems like the popular elementary schools (Maury, L-T) are shots in the dark but we may have a chance at Appletree Lincoln Park and/or Peabody. Thoughts?

Really trying to avoid paying for daycare times 2, and we aren't overly picky about PK4. Just want a loving environment where my child (and our family) can integrate into a new city and continue a great pre-k experience.[/quote]

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