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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends. What are your options if you aren’t enrolling this year?[/quote]

Begrudgingly private school. I’d rather my child go to public school for as long as possible. [/quote]

You can rank any schools you prefer above it. There are 3 or 4 appletrees, dcps schools with and without boundaries, and charters that are all worth considering, at least for pk3. Like would I usually pick two rivers or amidon over brent? No, but if Brent is in the swing space and the others are a decent commute and I know I have a right to Brent in k? Sure.[/quote]

Yeah, very good point. Only thing is if you get into Appletree, etc. and you’ve ranked it above Brent, you don’t even get a number for Brent to decide. (Appletree being a good option for this situation because it is just PK, and then all kids move on to various K, so everyone is in the same boat.)[/quote]

Yes, that is why it's important to figure out what schools you prefer before the lottery deadline, and rank accordingly. If I lived IB for Brent, here are some schools I would consider for ECE (with commute and curriculum as a deciding factor...like I wouldn't do Chisholm unless I would stay for dual language)

Van Ness
SWS
Payne
Amidon-Bowen
Appletree (lincoln park, oklahoma ave, sw, waterfront)
Thomson
CHML
Chisholm
Miner

I would also look at the community-based options for free private PK[/quote]

Realistically, you will not get into most of the Capitol Hill or Capitol Hill-adjacent neighborhood elementary schools OOB for PK3. Look at the waitlist data before you put too much energy into weighing the pros/cons of these schools.[/quote]

You get 12 choices. Might as well use them all, if you're willing (albeit grudingly) to do another year of private if necessary. But listing Brent IB, a couple of Appletrees (and/or Stevens, if commuting to Foggy Bottom makes more sense) and rounding out with some of the ones above is pretty likely to yield a match, and perhaps some waitlist offers over the summer. [/quote]

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