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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's too bad to hear this. Last year I was interested in Sela at the Charter expo, but my child was going to be entering PK3, so we entered the lottery and went somewhere else and this year, I didn't consider it for a couple reasons particular (no strong interest in Hebrew, wanted more outdoor time for my kid, some worry about hte long term future of the school).

I have wondered how things have gone and it's too bad to hear that there's been some rough patches with administrative turn over. While relying on DCUM as any kind of scientific evidence is ofcourse silly, I did note that almost no one seemed to be putting Sela on their lottery list. Perhaps because many people posting are looking for PK3 so Sela is out, but I also do wonder if the lack of a buzz, for better or worse, combined with a less popular immersion language is going to mean that it can't keep enrollment going. Without a DCI connection, and with the opening of other charters, and more DCPS schools on the rise, it may not ever generate the excitement that other immerson or even non immersion schools do. Perhaps new leaders can recruit more kids and make it a really desirable school, but I fear that it being a new school, combined with some uncertainty, means that it wont get so many kids--especially since it starts at PK4 an probably a lot ofparents will stick with whatever PK3 option they got into if they were relatively happy with it.

I do wonder, however, about what makes a school so popular--I mean, creative minds had a HUGE waitlist  in its second year of operation, so with really almost no track record.  It seems to have lots of things going for it, but it does not have language immersion, a permanent location, etc. Why is it that some schools seem to generate huge buzz and others almost nothing? [/quote]

current location for creative minds plus buzz itself is a self-fullfilling prophesy.  I do kinda wonder teh role od DCurban mom.  I relied heavily on opinions on this baord for my lottery pics (I did put sela on my list though after my IB school).[/quote]

pp here. holy cow - mispellings!  sorry![/quote]

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