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[quote=Anonymous]If this is your first time applying, might be worth reading older threads about waitlist, there seems to be very very little movement, and dozens if not hundreds on waitlists. Seems like the schools like a free option (Just in case it turns out we need someone).

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I'm with 13:05 on the sham wait lists. If you aren't "in the know" about how these things work in DC (say, you just moved here and aren't obsessing on this board) then you might think you actually have a chance. As parents, we talk to our children early on to prepare them for what is ahead. If you are in limbo (or think you are b/c of a wait list), it's harder to start preparing your child. (Well, Johnny, we don't know about School X yet.) Sending rejection letters is the responsible thing to do. Then the parents could simply tell the child that school X isn't an option, they just had too many kids this year and not enough spaces but School Y is perfect and has a cubby with your name on it, waiting for you). So these soft rejections are affecting the kids themselves, because it has an impact on how we are parenting (in terms of preparing our child for what will come in the fall).

In our case we have made a decision and aren't paying attention to the bogus wait lists (and we are on three). We've taken "Johnny" to his new school to look around and play on the playground, we talk about it all the time, look at it on the computer, etc. - whatever we can do so that he feels comfortable when the time comes to actually start there.

So, if there are school administrators out there reading these threads: Think of the impact of the soft rejection on the kids!

Full thread here: http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/12712.page#73185[/quote]

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