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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the school is already over capacity. they willl have a new buiding and new space after a big renovation.  but that is not going to be done in time for the next school year.  so unfortunately I don't see how they could possibly at 15-20 more students and a new classroom in a building that's already full.  an unlucky year.[/quote]

The early childhood wing has already been renovated though. I doubt they will be adding a PK class anytime soon.[/quote]

Maybe after the renovations are complete. With 40 IB students on the waiting list, something has to be done. [/quote]

FYI this is a short/medium term phenomenon at dual language schools in gentrifying neighborhoods. It works like this:

1) high-SES parents abandon school/neighborhood, or are absent in the first place

2) low-SES parents enter OOB because the school is better than their even worse IB option, and sometimes for feeder rights

3) neighborhood gentrification begins. School becomes more and more popular for IB families. But because of dual language preference for OOB siblings, many IB families are waitlisted for prek3 and 4.  Some of them get into charters and like it, and stay, which further prolongs this step of the process. New OOB families gain entry in the older grades for their older children and then get priority in prek3/4, further prolonging high OOB population.

4) eventually all grades fill up and it is difficult or impossible to lottery in OOB without sibling. IB population grows, but significant OOB population persists due to siblings.

5) finally the last OOB sibling graduates. School is now 100% IB or almost.

All of the dual language programs in gentrifying neighborhoods are somewhere in this process, except at Oyster it's a bit different because of the two lotteries.

Note that the process is similar for English-only DCPS, except step 3 is absent, which is why English-only schools (Janney, Brent, Ross) can "flip" so much faster than dual language schools when the neighborhood gentrifies.

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