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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, I was hoping for slightly better numbers, but as expected I'll be watching waitlists all summer and fall, looks like. But we matched with John Lewis which we're excited about!

For K:
1	Ross Elementary School		Waitlisted - #24	
2	Garrison Elementary School		Waitlisted - #10	
3	Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS		Waitlisted - #17	
4	E.L. Haynes PCS - Elementary School		Waitlisted - #6	
5	John Lewis Elementary School		Match (enrollment pending)	
6	Lee Montessori PCS - Brookland	Sibling Offered	Waitlisted - #1

For 1st Grade: 
1	Ross Elementary School		Waitlisted - #45	
2	Garrison Elementary School		Waitlisted - #20	
3	Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS		Waitlisted - #35	
4	E.L. Haynes PCS - Elementary School		Waitlisted - #8	
5	John Lewis Elementary School	Sibling Offered	Waitlisted - #1	
6	Lee Montessori PCS - Brookland		Match (enrollment pending)

We put Lee down without much thought and will be turning down that offer - but is it just me or is it crazy that we got an offer for 1st from them with what must be a pretty crappy lottery number? They must be really falling in popularity. [/quote]

Ha! I was wondering about you! I think these numbers are actually pretty good. But honestly, Lewis is great (or so I hear). [/quote]

Montessori schools tend to lose people in 1st because their model goes in 3-year cycles. And they need lots of 1st graders because it's harder to recruit older kids to Montessori so they never have as many 3rd grade applicants as they'd like to.[/quote]

That makes theoretical sense, but doesn't really fit with the data. Lee Montessori Brookland has a waitlist of at least 25 kids (and no matches) for 1st grade every single year. Based on their other numbers (35 on ITDS, 20 on Garrison, etc) I'd say they're right that this kid has a not-great lottery number, not even in the top half. And yet, matched at Lee? Based on those other numbers, I'd expect a Lee waitlist number in the double digits.

Looking more closely at the data, the waitlist for 1st for Lee has been shrinking every year - 5 years ago it was in the 60s, 4 years ago in the 50s, 3 years ago in the 40s, 2 years ago in the 30s, last year it was 25. Steady decline. And based on the combo of numbers posted above, I'd put money on it being in the single digits this year. Demand for this school (or at least, for 1st grade at this school) is definitely dropping. [/quote]

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