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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Could those of you who were able to go to the office hours and tour this morning share any feedback? Did they answer any of your questions about the new campus? My child has a low waitlist number, and I'm hoping to learn more in case we get an offer. [/quote]

We went and continue to be excited for the Fall. I didn't ask any specific questions about the concerns raised on this thread, but some of the parents asked similar. They are still figuring things out, so the people we talked to were cautious to commit to anything. But the upbeat philosophy and attitude toward the school, community and education really came through. That's enough for us at this point. We really got the sense they are working hard to make the new school as special as P street is.[/quote]

We went and will echo what PP said.  It sounds like 8th st will have 6 PK classrooms (3s and 4s together) and maybe 4 classrooms for K.  Some of the teachers from P st will go over to 8th st, but they don't know how many yet as staffing has not been finalized.  There was some discussion of how this will affect specials, but I didn't exactly follow it.  There will be a bus, but not sure yet where the pickup spot(s) will be.  A question came up about DCI or other middle school plans, and the future 8th st principal thought MV students would have 80% chance of getting a DCI spot (which is much higher than the estimates thrown around DCUM).  She also mentioned that the MV charter goes to 8th grade, so there growth/middle school potential at MV too.  Our group did not talk about how much the waitlists are expected to move.  Those were my big takeaways.  [/quote]

That is interesting but I don't see how you get to 80% admissions.  The real question is the chances for nonsiblings which seems to me quite low.  And if your lottery number is a stinker, where else can you go?

Maybe 8th can operate a 6th grade class as a safety net for lottery losers.[/quote]

There website literally says 60% "We estimate having 130 5th grade graduates interested in transfer spaces - resulting in a 60 percent chance of being offered a space at DC International." http://www.mundoverdepcs.org/admissions[/quote]

60 percent overall.  But what is it for non-siblings?[/quote]

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