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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hill parent of rising PK3 kiddo here. Some things I found interesting:

- SWS gave all their slots to kids with siblings attending. Not even 1 no preference got in
- Maury only had 2 regular inbounds accepted, rest had siblings 
- AppleTree Lincoln Park supposedly had 80 PK3 spots! That's more than double any previous years (alternated between 25 and 40). Makes me wonder if that was a mistake. They also accepted 10 PK4 where past few years had been 0. Did they expand or something? I can't imagine where they'd have space to.
- Miner had a lot fewer "early action" slots taken and a shorter waitlist than usual. Maybe because they all went to ATLP??[/quote]

On AppleTree, maybe just a new strategy for managing the waitlist and enrollment? Offer a bunch of seats up front so when students decline the seat you don't have to go so deep into the waitlist in the fall? Last year they had 25 matches on results day but made 55 waitlist offers by October = 80 offers.[/quote]

Seems a little irresponsible, no? What if all 80 enroll? Even 25 kids could decide not to enroll and that would still be 13 more than AT LP has ever accepted at the PK3 level. [/quote]

Maybe.

SY24-25 they made 80 offers (match + waitlist) and ended up with 31 enrolled.

SY23-24 they made 66 offers and ended up with 39 enrolled.

SY22-23 they made 71 offers and ended up with 24 enrolled.

SY21-22 they made 76 offers and ended up with 39 enrolled.

It's a backup option for a lot of Hill families. There's always a ton of waitlist movement.[/quote]

Right, but those excess offers were made as spots opened up at the school? In those other years, there was never a possibility that 66, 71, or 76 people could actually enroll in the school. Here, 80 kids could enroll at the school tomorrow and they’d be screwed. [/quote]

Yes, but they won't because Apple Tree is often a backup option.  Some people will get into other schools, some parents will lose jobs and move back to their hometown, and some parents will just decide the kid isn't quite ready for school yet.[/quote]

I wonder if their plan is that if they wind up overenrolled to encourage people to go to Oklahoma Ave, Waterfront, or Lenfant.[/quote]

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