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[quote=Anonymous]I agree that charters have hit a maturation point, that is somewhat exacerbated by some pandemic driven trends (enrollment dipped for the first time in a long time, and while the growth is back, it hasn't caught up).

One thing I noted as a PK3 parent this year, and a longtime DCUM reader (come for the fertility advice, stay for the school info) is that in previous years, particularly if you go back to like 2014-2020, there was SO much stress about the lottery and getting shut out, and how there were only so many PK3 seats, and how so many schools were terrible, and oh my god the waitlist numbers. Endless focus on waitlist numbers and what chance you had to get in and what will you do if you don't and oh my god the agita.

I literally don't know anyone IRL who was watching waitlists this year. And when your kids are starting PK3 in August, "where is Larlo going to school next year?" is like the number one conversation opener from March until now, so I talked to probably 100 parents over the course of the year, and I never once heard, "well, we're really holding out hope for a waitlist spot..." All answers have been final and definitive since the lottery results came out.

Of course, there were some waitlist threads on DCUM, and some agita, but honestly, it seemed like most of them were around middle school and even high school. Not elementary. People are happy with their IB, they mostly get in, a couple lucky families are headed to the super popular charters, but myself and lots of others didn't even bother putting any on our list and just went with our IB.

If there is more space for movement with charters, it's middle and high schools for sure. [/quote]

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