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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ok - a bit confused here…
I understand moving down the wait list - rather than up - in the spring and summer: siblings show up, people move inbound to the school district, whatever. (I mean: I actually think that last one would mean the list would stay frozen…? Who knows. I could see it working the other way too.) But we’re more than three weeks into the school year…doesn’t it seem weird for it to happen now? How does that even work? It’s happened on multiple wait lists today…start the morning at 5 and 6, end the day at 7 and 8. Just seems…weird[/quote]

It's not unusual. Someone may have left because they got a late offer at a school they liked better. The domino effect can go on for a while-- the school makes an offer to #1 on the list. That person has a day or two or three to think about it, then declines. So the school offers to #2... Repeat.

Also, at this time of year people sometimes leave the list, if they know they wouldn't accept an offer. That's a courteous thing to do because it expedites the process for people who actually want the spot.

This is also the time of year that DCPS decides, for over-enrolled classrooms, whether to add a teacher (provided there's a room for this). If they do divide a big class into two, they'll need a few more kids to fill up. This is when that happens.[/quote]
All these things would make someone go UP a list…not down it. If someone leaves for a late offer or removes their name from the list or a class get added, people still on the list would either stay in the same place or go HIGHER, depending on their original spot - not lose ground.[/quote]

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