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Pretty sure Wilson and miner also only take IB kids at this point for pre-K. DC makes this super easy. Just look at the website that people have sent around. If it says only kids IB get in and you aren’t IB… don’t add it to your list. It’s amazing to me how many lists I see on here where someone has put Brent, Maury, Lt, VN, etc it makes no sense. There’s plenty of other schools to put on your list and DC has an easy list of them to look through. [/quote]

Fixed your formatting because I wanted to reply to this. Looking at the data for waitlists, Miner had a 10 person waitlist on results day and has made 10 offers, for PK3. So it's a great option for a Maury family that wants a decent public PK with a very short commute. It's actually surprising more people don't opt for it -- I have no idea why someone would prefer Appletree over Miner. I toured both when we were doing the PK3 lottery a few years ago and honestly preferred Miner.

J.O. Wilson is less likely but the waitlist often moves quickly late in the summer. They have had 14 offers on a waitlist of 24 already this year. Entirely feasible you could get in OOB if the waitlist cuts your way in terms of number of siblings and where else people get in. It's another one that I'm surprised people on the Hill don't aim for more frequently, especially if they are IB for schools like L-T and Maury, because it's [i]right there[/i], has a good PK program, and is a much easier to get into.

I hear Hill parents who are IB for L-T, Brent, Maury, and Peabody fretting over PK lottery and I honestly don't get it. [b]It's weird entitlement.[/b] You are guaranteed slots at those schools for K! You don't have to stress about getting into a decent elementary, playing the charter roulette, contemplating long school commutes for years and years. You get that PK is just, like, supervised playtime, right? Your kid is going to go do morning circle, some reading/writing/numbers stuff, free play, and a few specials like foreign language and PE. It's pretty much the same curriculum everywhere. You could send your kid to PK at basically any DCPS or charter and then attend your IB for elementary, and you will be in a better situation than 90% of families in DC.[/quote]

I have heard people say the bolded before and don't understand why wanting a PK3 spot at your IB school is entitlement.  People do not think that they are entitled to a spot- they just want to go there.  There are reasons beyond curriculum that people want to go to specific schools.  I wanted an IB spot for PK because the school was in walking distance, I wanted my kids to start making friends with kids that they would be going to school with and to start getting to know the school community.  I never felt entitled to a spot so calling it that is simply not accurate.  [/quote]

+1. Yeah, I think it's a mis-interpretation of what we're asking. ("We" meaning IB for a Maury-type school with no sibling preference, so not getting in for PK3, which is my situation as well.) I'm not doing the crazy, "OMG what PK3 is the BEST for my SPECIAL child to get into the Ivy Leagues?" routine, and I don't see many people doing that. Most people do understand that it's "just, like, supervised playtime, bro" once they start to think about it. I don't think I'm "entitled" to anything. I do understand that I'm guaranteed a great school at K, which is a blessing. I'm grateful for that. But like OP and several PPs I'm just trying to figure out what, if anything, I can do to try to make PK3 as convenient as possible (i.e. close to my house or work) through the lottery system.[/quote]

+1.  Also, convenience aside, there's also something to be said for not having to switch schools in two years and getting to know one administration, set of teachers, move on to K with teachers who may already know your kid, and be with and get to know the kids and families you will be with for the next set of years.  If you start in K, you start after other kids and families have known each other for two years already and it's a littler harder to get acclimated to the school and be part of the community, since the majority of the kids started in pre-k.  Like the previous poster, we are also IB for a Maury-type school on the Hill and also didn't get in without sibling preference.  I'm disappointed, but I knew it was likely based on numbers from past years.  Definitely don't feel entitled to a spot, but it sure would have been nice for the reasons above to have good lottery luck. But enrolled my DC at Miner, bought a bike for the longer commute, and am hoping for a great year. [/quote]

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