Reply to lessons learned for next year's PK3 lottery?

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "lessons learned for next year's PK3 lottery?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're looking ahead to next spring's lottery for PK3 (2016-2017 school year), and I was wondering what advice you have based on your experiences with the most recent lottery.  Here's what I've gathered--feel free to note whether you disagree with these:

1) A lot of DCPS with not-so-great test scores have really bad odds for out-of-boundary families for PK3 with no sibling preferences.

2) Take a hard look at your potential commute when you're putting together your list of schools.

3) It's possible although unlikely to get shut out of both the round 1 and round 2 lotteries.

What do you think you did well with your list of schools?  What would you have done differently?

Thanks![/quote]

on 1)

the test scores are largely irrlevant for ECE.  Students don't test for DC-CAS until 3rd grade.  a school with poor test results may or may not have issues.  It also depends on whether you're on an 8 year plan or a 3-4 year one.  the scores also take time to catch up if there is a groundswell of improvement in lower grades.  Take with a grain of salt.

2) yes -- you know your 3 yr old better than anyone and some can be time challenged.  Are you adding aftercare to their day?  If adding an extended transit leg across town would present a real burden you should definitely weigh that into any choice.

3)  have a backup plan, especially if you have not preference, you're dead set on specific schools with high demand, or your IB is a crapshoot.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics