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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We don't plan on doing the lottery, we will go with the local school and supplement through extracurricular activities at home.

Our daycare is really diverse and we don't care about school rankings. [/quote]

Famous last words.[/quote]

People like us are not myths.  Many of my neighbors with kids at Takoma and Whittier made the decision not to play the lottery.  Some of us now with kids in upper elementary and even Ida B Wells.  I know others that did lottery out.  Almost all for language immersion options.  [/quote]

Chiming in here as one of those very happy Wells parents![/quote]

NP and I’m curious if you will keep you kid at Coolidge when the time comes.[/quote]

We all know the answer to that. Notice they aren't responding.[/quote]

Different poster but we plan to go to Ida B Wells and then cast a wider net for DCPS HS.  Unlike MS there are enough application options for HS that we are confident our kid will land somewhere OK.  We are also keeping an eye on how the early college program at Coolidge evolves over time.  [/quote]

You are delusional.  There are not enough spots at application high schools.  Talk to all the people who did not get into SWW, or even Banneker.  It’s obvious DCPS is favoring low SES students with their opaque requirements.

BTW those seats get more and more competitive every year as more families come up the chain needing spots.  [/quote]

You can’t have it both ways.  If more families stay in DCPS then cohorts of on grade level kids will be in more schools.  I am, for example, someone who would consider the IB program at Eastern if we lived on capital hill.  I am not delusional simply because I have a wider view of an acceptable school than you.  [/quote]

This is where you are delusional. The IB program at Eastern sounds good in theory but you are still taking most of your classes with all the Eastern students not just the IB cohort. If I was interested in IB which I am not particularly interested in, I would have my kid apply to Banneker and hope they get in. I work for DCPS Central and have spent time at Eastern many times during the school day and no way would I send my kid to Eastern.
Many of you are starry eyed because your kids are younger and you don’t have much exposure to the day-to-day inside DCPS high schools. Wake up! [/quote]

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