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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By the way... word on the street is that Van Ness Elementary will have guaranteed PS3 & PK4 for in-bound students for the 2016-2017 school year as well.[/quote]

If that's true, it probably means it's a Title I school.  The DME's plans are to ultimately provide guaranteed PK for people IB for all DCPS Title I elementary schools and the other schools that offered it last year were all Title I.  [/quote]

I think Van Ness will be an exception.  It's clearly not a Title I school this year, and they will continue to offer guaranteed PS3 & PK4 because they know the building could actually accommodate more students then they planned for (the building won't be at capacity until 5 years from now).   So they are making it guaranteed for PS3 & PK4 not because it's a Title I school, but because they have the room for it, and also it gives an incentive for in-bound residents to go and ultimately stick to their local school.[/quote]

If they have spare room, why would they bother making it a guarantee?  There's already an in-boundary preference.  All it does is guarantee that people put it at the bottom of their Round 1 lottery picks.  If there weren't a guarantee, people might place it higher.[/quote]

This is incorrect.  In order to take advantage of "guaranteed PS3 & PK4", you have to place it #1 on your list.   For example, if you place it at the bottom of the list, and you get into any of the schools you place before it, you lose your "guaranteed" status, and you get placed on the waitlist for Van Ness.[/quote]

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