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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm on 6 waitlists, all wards 1 and 4 schools, for PS.

Decent shot at a few (numbers in the high 20s) and praying for charters. But if I'm shut out, not sure what we'll do. currently home daycare, but DS is already the oldest (december bday), time to leave. Didn't apply to private preschool (and with another younger kid, can't afford it unless full day, which is super not convenient too). Just hoping something decent comes through by September.

what about you? what are your options?

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OP, there will be movement on ALL waitlists from now until Oct 5th (with most of it coming end-of-August through September).  They don't call it the September shuffle for nothing.  EVERY year DCPS sends out a list of the PS/PK programs that have available seats - and there will be lots of them.  They probably won't be schools you like - definitely not long-term solutions (Miner, Langston, HD Cooke, etc.) - but it will buy you a year to get into something better, as a lot of schools expand at PK.  Plus, the charter lotteries haven't even happened yet.  There will be families who get more than one spot, but they'll hang on to them all summer and not release one (or more) until the first day of school.  It happens every year.  And of course, there's the DPR co-op, which is a bargain and available at some nice facilities (Chevy Chase, Georgetown, Glover Park, etc.)

http://dc.gov/DC/DPR/Programs+and+Services/Educational+Programs/Cooperative+Play/ci.Cooperative+Play.print

Everybody gets in somewhere.  Again, it might not be a first (or second or third) choice, but there are always openings to choose from.[/quote]

My neighbor was in this boat, they received a call the week after Labor day for a school they wanted.  I think you have to plan for knowing very late in the season.  We did not get into a school until late July. [/quote]

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