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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Now that October WL data is out, I am heartened to see that people do get into some HRCS later.  Not the highest of the high, but plenty of respectable schools.  Does anyone know why this is?[/quote]

It's easier to get into the better DCPS's in the higher grades, too.  Partly it's attrition to privates, and otherwise moving to MoCo or FFX.

Free PS/PK is a big draw for a lot of families.  The school may not be worth pursuing long term, but it's better than paying for daycare.  However once you're in K, and making friends in 1st & 2nd, you'll start to get the trickle down from testing grades.  DC is a small town with high expectations and most schools don't make the cut.[/quote]

I have observed this too.  Part of it is just normal attrition or the many DC state/military families moving.  There are a lot of people making it work in  smallish condo or half townhouse, and that gets pretty old.  A few years of free preschool, a little further along in their careers, and they can afford a house, so naturally they'll choose the burbs or a Wilson feeder.  Also, families move for their oldest child, and when they do, they take younger sibs with them.[/quote]

Agreed. Also, when people move to DC with kids already in or near testing grades, say grade 2 or above, they tend to look for higher scoring IB schools than couples who are pre-kids or with infants. Because after grade 2 or so there is no more "maybe it will improve" and they don't have multiple shots at the lottery because school quality matters immediately. So most "gentrifier" enrollment at up and coming schools is people starting at PK, getting comfortable with it, and being happy with the progress that is often slow but is indeed progress. Not many joining half way through. I think this dynamic applies to charters also. 
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