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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] ITS' PK3 waitlist is down from 307 last year to 205 this year. I'm a current parent and other than LAMB coming into the lottery and MV8's existence, I really can't think of a reason for this happening. If it weren't happening at various other schools similarly, I'd be concerned...[/quote]

Pure speculation (isn’t that what DCMUM is for??) but my guess is that charter schools, even solid ones, that don’t offer some kind of speciality like language immersion or Montessori approach will increasingly lose ground as DC elementary schools continue to get stronger and better managed. Most families will find more value in going to school with neighbors, shorter commutes, better paid teachers and will stick with their inbound school, unless they want specialized instruction. [/quote]

This.  Langley, Seaton, and Garrison did not experoence a shorter waitlist this year.  ITS is definitely our preference for upper elementary and middle, but for preschool and K I would not say it is head and shoulders above other schools.  There are a lot of good ECE programs in the Bloomingdale area, we are blessed.[/quote]

Langley is an early action school with a waitlist length of 14.... not comparable to ITDS.... lol [/quote]

It is notable that in a year that many schools had shorter waitlists than the year before, Langley's total kids matched or waitlisted actually grew.  [/quote]

This is hilarious from a Langley booster.  No, the waitlist was less for prek3 and K this year than last year.  An increase by 1 or 2 students in a few of the other grades is nothing to write home about when the numbers are so low to begin with from 0 to single digits.[/quote]

Add the number of seats offered.  Last year, 36 seats offered and 20 kids waitlisted.  Total of 56.  This year, 49 seats offered and 17 waitlisted, total of 66.  You can look at Seaton and Garrison too if you want.  The point is, an increase or even just holding steady, while other schools lost ground, is impressive.[/quote]

That’s because Langley offers early action- that just means that there are a lot of families in the neighborhood with little kids who listed Langley at the end of their list and were offered a spot because it’s their in-bound school... it’s fine, it just doesn’t make sense to try to draw comparisons to ITDS 
It is notable that in a year that many schools had shorter waitlists than the year before, Langley's total kids matched or waitlisted actually grew.[/quote]

Huh?  Early Action causes IB kids to match instead of be waitlisted.  That would not affect the total of matches and waitlisters, and that total is what grew.  It doesn't cause people to like Langley any more than they otherwise would.  Early Action happens at schools that have physical space, and there are plenty of schools way worse than Langley that don't have Early Action.

Do you have any rebuttal for Seaton and Garrison, hmmm?[/quote]

I don’t care enough to even look at the numbers for Seaton or Garrison :) it’s ok to like your low performing neighborhood school, and I agree that many are improving and have great ECE options. You’re spewing nonsense and it’s not worth discussing. Please rank Langley, seaton, and garrison above ITDS if you wish- it will help other people’s chances of matching at ITDS at the end of the day. [/quote]

Wow so rude.  Please, do let me know how Early Action alters the total of admits plus waitlisters.[/quote]

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