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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ida B Wells seems to be on an upward trajectory.  6th grade this year only opened 30 seats for non-feeder elementary and has a waitlist with no June offers.  Last year they matched 25 seats on match day (79 opened) and had no one on the waitlist.  This year is the first year of 8th graders who were able to attend for the full 3 years.   [/quote]

We love Wells! Unfortunately DCPS restricted lottery seats this year to control the overcrowding, but we know lots of families are taking OOB seats at the feeder elementaries in order to access Wells in future years.

To clarify, our first 8th grade graduation was in 2022 (with students who started in 6th grade in 2019). This is the first year of graduating 8th graders who didn’t have to deal with virtual/pandemic school. [/quote]

Why is it unfortunate DCPS restricted lottery seats? Wells is a new school that is already at the brink of overcrowding.  If it continues to be popular kids are going to have to learn in trailers.  [/quote]

First, because the mandated cut in projected enrollment caused the associated budget cuts to eliminate several teaching positions, including electives. If trailers are good enough for Deal and their enormous budget and offerings, why restrict us?

Additionally the boundary study dismissed the idea of recommending a capital expansion despite thousands of new housing units coming in the next five years and the feeder elementaries at new enrollment highs. Wells and Coolidge were both built to projected enrollments that the community argued even then were too low, and that mistake has come to bear remarkably quickly.

As others are saying in this thread, momentum is important for reputation and word of mouth. I dread the day I hear from a neighbor, Wells doesn’t have X electives so we chose elsewhere.

DCPS cut all lottery seats for Coolidge for the same reason. Meanwhile MacArthur is offering 150+ just for 9th grade. [/quote]

Anyone know how many 5th grade students are in the elementary feeders compared to capacity for 5th grade at wells?
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