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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PK3

1	Washington Yu Ying PCS		 - #11	
2	Bancroft Elementary School - English Dominant	 - #95	
3	Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS - J.F. Cook Campus - #33	
4	Latin American Montessori Bilingual (LAMB) PCS - Kingsbury	- #36	
5	Brent Elementary School	 - #60	
6	Peabody Elementary School - #50	
7	Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS		Enrolled

Don't expect we have a chance anywhere other than Yu Ying. Happy our #7 choice, Inspired, somehow worked. We live close to Inspired in Bloomingdale, but thought there wasn't any in-boundary preference. [/quote]

Jumped from #11 to #4 at Yu Ying yesterday. Now we really have our hopes up. Would be heartbreaking if we don't make it now. [/quote]

Just an idea - email the registrar and say you’re 4th and really want to go and ask what to expect?[/quote]

Do schools also have some leeway with the number of kids in each class?  I.e. do spots only open up if someone uinenrolls or could a school add a few kids to a class?[/quote]

It depends.  Preschool class sizes are set by the adult-child ratio.  [b]But there are two seats reserved for Early Stages placements that don't happen until October[/b], and can be used if there is a compelling reason (e.g., twins puts the school one kid over their target number but they are confident someone will leave before October because that is past experience.  After preschool the class sizes can be bigger, schools have a target number but can go over and many build in an assumption of some attrition in August and September as waitlists move. There are also room physical capacity limits and fire caps for the building.  [/quote]

What does this mean?  I have twins that are matched at different schools and am getting a little antsy that there has been no movement on either waitlist (they are #1 on each other's waitlist).  Will a school maybe let a twin in if there is no movement?  What does the two spaces reserved for Early Stages mean?  They will take from a different pool of kids rather than the waitlist??[/quote]

I am the twin parent PP and related this might sound insensitive as I just looked up Early Stages and realize it is for kids who might need more assistance etc/ SN.  Just moved to DC with rising PK4 twins so was not aware.  But am still curious if that means that kids might be pulled in from Early Stages over kids on the lottery and the schools won't know until October if they are using those spots?  We would love to have our twins at the same school and trying to temper expectations [/quote]

The Early Stages spots are for kids who have IEPs. Kids can get an IEP at anytime or move into DC with an IEP at any time so spots are kept open to ensure these kids can get their needs met. Placement can happen earlier than October and does. It's kind of an odd system. My child both got in through lottery to our IB school (which is highly regarded) and Early Stages placed them at the same school. I requested to keep the lottery spot to open the ES spot to a child who would not otherwise have gotten in, but ultimately it was up to the school and they chose to open the lottery spot up. In that case the Early Stages system actually worked to move someone else in from the lottery. 
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