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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm really confused as to why Lee has openings in 1st and 2nd. I just looked at their waitlist data on the MSDC site.

For 1st, they had no open spots at the time of the lottery and had a waitlist of 55. They made no offers by June and 6 by August. I get that waitlists move quickly after school starts because families often don't want to move their kid after school starts. But how many kids did they leave at that point? Enough to go through nearly 50 people on the waitlist and still have openings? That's odd to me. Also, why were enrolled students leaving so late in the summer or in September? Usually this happens because students are offered spots at other schools. To me it is a red flag that families are jumping on late offers from other schools in August/September -- that indicates a lot of motivation to leave.

For 2nd, they had no open spots at the time of the lottery and waitlist of 28 (normal for waitlist size to be smaller as grade level goes up). But then no offers at all before August and now they have open spots? Again, why are people leaving, and most specifically -- why are they leaving so late in the year?

Either there is dissatisfaction with Lee among families OR the school is doing weird mismanagement of their enrollment/waitlists.

It just doesn't make sense that Lee apparently reenrolled their entire 1st and 2nd grade class in the spring (thus no open lottery seats), made very few offers over the summer, and suddenly has open seats. Something does not add up.[/quote]

I would think a lot of people are declining wait list offers, or getting off the list before receiving an offer at all.

Waitlists move fast in late August through early October.  Burning through a waitlist of 28 for 2nd isn't really unusual or concerning.  It's the empty seats that are concerning, for budget reasons.[/quote]

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