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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In-bound for Maury and checking if people could share in brief what they like and any negatives for the schools that keep getting described as less “sought after.” There’s no way we’re getting a spot at Maury for PK3. Working remotely/from home so it doesn’t really matter which direction drop-off would be as long as it’s broadly in the neighborhood, like we could walk <30 min on days we don’t want to drive.

So that would be schools like Miner, Payne, JO Wilson, AppleTree, what else? How would you rank? [/quote]

In addition to that list, I'd add both Two Rivers campuses, SWS, CHML, and Wheatley. All would be fine-to-great for PK and are a reasonable commute from where you live.

As for how I'd rank, I'd look at two factors -- proximity from your house (which is easy to calculate) and the number of nearby neighborhood families at the school (which is harder to calculate but you can make educated guesses). In PK, it's just nice to have some nearby community. Here is some info to help with that second piece:

A lot of Maury families wind up going to Miner or AppleTree for PK, so if you go to either of those, your child will likely wind up with a cohort who then shifts to Maury at K. This can be really nice. I think Payne also used to work this way, but now Payne is getting more and more IB families and I actually think it's less likely you'll get a spot there as a result. I'd rank these fairly high for this reason.

JOW will have a new building next year, which is great, but will also likely be a bit more in demand as a result, which will make it harder to get a spot. Historically, JOW also tends to attract a lot of OOB lottery students due to it's convenient location on K making for easy drop off on the way in from Wards 5, 7, and 8 -- this can lead to a more dispersed student body and fewer neighborhood kids. However it's also increasing IB buy in. This is the hardest one to predict because I think it's most in flux at the moment, so I might rank it lower.

PK spots at TR4, SWS, and CHML will be in high demand (especially the latter two, TR4 is easier to get into) so I would rank these according to your actual preference for these programs -- if you like these schools, rank them high, if you are so-so but just need somewhere for your kid to go to PK, rank them lower.

I'd treat Wheatley similar to the way you treat Miner, but Wheatley's a more annoying commute for you so rank it lower.

TR Young is a good option but check out what the commute actually looks like -- drop off to that cluster of schools can be annoying by car. Easier on foot but not straightforward. Just go look at it and see how you feel about it before deciding the rank. Pick-up/Drop-off is a bigger deal in PK when kids may have more trepidation and there's often more interaction with teachers, so I would prioritize the ease of pick-up/drop-off for this situation. With older kids it doesn't matter really, but 3/4/5 yr olds need a bit more hand holding.[/quote]

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