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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The change in waitlist procedure will have the effect of more students who end up attending their IB school...Which im sure is a calculated decision by DCPS. In previous years families would have ranked their IB last because they knew they could count on a top waitlist number based on IB status. No more. So more families will now rank their IB first for fear of losing the most logistically convienient option. I know that's our case...we're IB for Barnard so we ranked it first. So unless we get into a charter we want more we'll likely be at Barnard this fall. However, I do not think DCPS did a good job advertising this very significant change in waitlist procedure and for this first year I think[b] there will be many families who will be dismayed after the fact that their IB safety option is not available to them.[/b] [/quote]

I think the Crisis Line will be getting so many calls of parents wondering [b]why they didn't at least get into their IB school and now what are they supposed to do.[/b]  There are enough incorrect comments on DCUM (in other words, tech savvy, literate, involved parents) that astound me about the lottery, and I don't know if the change has been made clear enough.  Let's see what the fallout is.  Could be that if people don't get into their IB because the lottery was unclear, they'll fall straight into the arms of the charters...  Not sure if DCPS intended that or not, but it will remain to be seen what happens.[/quote]

I'm not sure about that, actually. I mean, if they ranked their IB 6th and got in nowhere else, they are pretty likely to get in there. The scenario that is more likely is a family who ranked their IB last, won a spot at one of their higher choices but then the family has buyer's remorse and determines that they really would have prefered their IB school because their grand plan of driving across the city every day for the OOB school is just not realistic. But since they were offered a spot at that unrealisticly faraway school they no longer have a shot at their IB for PS/PK because the child's name appears nowhere on the waitlist. I think the new waitlist policies are smart and fair, but just poorly advertised and this first year is going to be rough when it all shakes out. I think this is a calculated plan to try and encourage people to pick their IB school in hopes that if a critical mass of middle class people send their kids they might actually stick it out beyond Kindergarten and thus create better neighborhood schools . But I agree that people will just leave for charters instead of being strongarmed into attending their IB schools if they aren't convinced. [/quote]

I'm the PP you quoted directly above you.  I think we agree.  The issue is going to be those who get into the OOB but not their IB because of the lottery ranking choosing the first listed school that's an "in."  And those who think they will get to make a choice as lists move or "play" the system as it's been done in the past are really in for a shock.[/quote]

Right, but the answer from the Crisis Team to the caller you describe is, "Madame, it appears you were offered a spot at XXX Elem. which you ranked 2nd out of 6 so I'm not sure why you are asking  why you didn't "at least" get into you IB school, because you did even better, you got into a school you wanted more. Any more questions? OK. Bye-bye."[/quote]

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