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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the OP:  Ward 3 (where you appear to be looking) does not offer pre-K3 in the DCPS schools.  This is both because (1) the schools are already packed beyond capacity and also because (2) this is the most affluent (overall) of the Wards in DC.  Every year around lottery time this board sees a handful of outraged parents who heard that there was "universal free preschool in DC" and only now realize that (1) there is no preK3 near them and (2) even getting a spot for preK4 is difficult without sibling preference.  That outrage is generally met by snark by the rest of the board on the theory that (1) this is not a secret, (2) generally if you can afford to live in Ward 3, you can afford private preschool and (3) there actually are enough seats for every child, just not necessarily at in-demand schools.  If you go back through the threads there are lots of posts by parents of rising PK3 students who decide to post their outrage that they are deprived of free PK3, rather than scrolling through the past several years to realize that this has always been the case (and that this is not the place to receive sympathy for the outrage).

Also, if you're not here yet (or new here) you may not yet completely grasp the geography, but NW is a much bigger area than WOTP (west of the [rock creek] park).  "WOTP" is, not exactly ([b]see Shepard Elem[/b]), but generally, used to refer to Ward 3 and/or Deal/Wilson feeder schools.  Deal is generally considered the most in-demand DCPS middle school (again, only generally, see Hardy) and Wilson generally the most in-demand high school.  Parents outside of Ward 3, generally have an easier time getting a spot in PK3/PK4 near them (thanks to in-bound ("IB") preference and the fact that DC generally does early childhood education ("ECE") really well throughout the city), but have the added stress of always looking for a MS/HS feeder path (lotterying in, charter school, application school, moving) hanging over them.

Also, if you're new, HRCS stands for "highly regarded charter school" and was a term started as joke which somehow caught on.  What is, and isn't a "HRCS" is (of course) a source of much debate, but that should help explain the discussion.[/quote]

Good post.  In addition to Shepherd, Bancroft is the other EOTP Deal/Wilson feeder school.[/quote]

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