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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not to be cynical, but on DCUM it’s pretty easy to pretend to be someone you’re not. And according to My School, no one was waitlisted for 9th grade at McKinley this year.

Caveat lector. [/quote]

You don't understand the process. Kids who didn't get into McKinley earlier in the process would not be waitlisted. [/quote]

I understand the process fine. The PP said she knew kids “waitlisted at McKinley.” In actual fact, zero kids were waitlisted at McKinley. [/quote]

How does this work -- according to the 2025-26 historical waitlist info McKinley had 250 lottery seats, 1,186 applications on results day, only 163 matches, and 0 waitlist.

Does that mean that they're not filling all the seats? Were there not enough qualified applicants? Am I looking in the wrong place? DCPS seems to have data. many places![/quote]

I suspect they had some type of minimum GPA requirement and so many kids did not meet it.  I doubt it’s anything high either, maybe B average?  Of course with no transparency and the opaqueness of the system,they are not going to tell you that.

The more important question to ask is why is DCPS failing to educate so many kids when we are one of the top spenders in the country on per student.

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