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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots of the Brent PreK3 wait-listed will end up at Van Ness and Tyler (both Spanish Immersion and Traditional) because many families got proximity preference for one or the other, with homes within half a mile walking distance.   Others got it for Peabody, which struggles to accomodate all in-boundary for PreK3.   AppleTrees aren't difficult to get into, at least not by Oct count day.  So these are the natural choices.  A few will land at Logan or Ludlow.  The big influx of Brent PreK3 refugees into Van Ness is helping tip the demographic balance to keep the school from being designated Title 1.   Good, that will help Van Ness, including the poor in-boundary kids who are enrolled.

I don't see another big PreK3 group entering the 2016 lottery.  There aren't as many babies in the neighborhood as two or three years ago.

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Isn't it better for the school to be Title 1 -- more money?[/quote]

No, absolutely not.  A cohort of engaged high SES parents is worth much more to a DCPS school than the 50-100K Title 1 schools get over standard outlays for supporting student bodies where 40% or more of the kids are FARMS.  This is true no matter how much money a PTA does or does not raise.  PTAs run by pesky middle-class parents are golden in a school system in transition, and middle-class peers improve learning outputs for poor kids (big corpus of academic literature on this subject).  DCPS has more than enough Title 1 schools that don't serve anybody very well.  Enough of those already.  The parents that come with majority high SES programs provide the best quality control DC Public can offer to poor kids.  
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