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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Love to hear thoughts and feedback. Live in Brookland, commute to work downtown primarily via RIA. Looking for PK3 but okay with staying in current daycare if lose the lottery. Really drawn to montessori and the DCI track schools as is evident in my list. Also prefer not drive all over the city if possible, haha.

1. Lee
2. Shining Stars
3. Inspired
4. Stokes Spanish
5. Stokes French
6. Yu Ying
7. DC Bilingual
8. Mundo Verde
9. Breakthrough
10. Creative Minds
11. Two Rivers 4th
12. Capitol Hill Montessori @ Logan

I didn't get to the open houses for 8-12. It's really slots 9-12 that I'm struggling with. Also on my list but not here: Sela, 2 Rivers Young, School-Within-School. I didn't get to any of these open houses either except SWS.[/quote]

With a bad draw, you could easily be unmatched and have sky high waitlist numbers across your choices. Not a single safety. I know you wrote you're fine with staying in daycare; with this list, the odds are more in favor of your daycare.[/quote]

OP here -- frankly I'm not sure I realized I didn't have any safeties. I wish I had a list of those options to weigh whether any of those would be a fit for us, ha![/quote]

You definitely don't have any safeties.  I'd list your inbound.  Based on the last year or two (which I know doesn't always reflect the future, yadda yadda),  CMI, TR4 and CHML all have significantly longer waitlists than Breakthrough would.  Those could be considered "wasted spots" on your list.  List schools in your true preference, which it seems like you have, but if you don't feel passionate about any of those three, including commute (which I agree is a huge consideration), consider replacing those with Burroughs/Bunker/Noyes/Langley/WEDJ[/quote]

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