Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:another wait list question (maybe I should put this one in a subject line): the past two years, Hearst PK4 wait list offers jumped from a handful to over 50 each year. Any idea why? Or if this pattern might repeat itself?

If I’ve learned anything the past few years, it’s that waitlist movement is very unpredictable! No clue why Hearst’s moved more.

I’m interested to see what all of the political turmoil in DC does to the waitlists this year. I could see pretty much anything happening - lots of movement or people just staying put.

Very much this. No one knows. People are losing their jobs left and right in DC so does that mean they'll leave for other places? People at private schools may not be ablet to afford so will they enroll IB? With interest rates being where they are will people be less likely to move and take on much higher rates.

No one knows. Anyone who speaks with authority is full of it.

As a private school parent, I'll share that our kid will be moving to a school we lotteried into. I know a couple other families from our small school who are doing the same, and few others moving to their IB. We aren't willing to take a chance with this political climate and the economy; if we have to move for work or other reasons, this will be easier.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:another wait list question (maybe I should put this one in a subject line): the past two years, Hearst PK4 wait list offers jumped from a handful to over 50 each year. Any idea why? Or if this pattern might repeat itself?

Because parents in bound with Hearst tend to put their kids in private. They try public just in case they don’t get the spot in the private schools they like.

For PK4, you also have IB families whose first choice is Hearst but their backup choice is private. If they don’t get an offer at Hearst by the time tuition is due, many will decline the PK4 spot because they can’t get the tuition back and they can go to Hearst by right for K. So when a few kids don’t show up in the fall, the number of offers a school like Hearst has to make for each seat can be quite high, especially if they’re making offers into late September.

Anonymous wrote:another wait list question (maybe I should put this one in a subject line): the past two years, Hearst PK4 wait list offers jumped from a handful to over 50 each year. Any idea why? Or if this pattern might repeat itself?

Because parents in bound with Hearst tend to put their kids in private. They try public just in case they don’t get the spot in the private schools they like.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:another wait list question (maybe I should put this one in a subject line): the past two years, Hearst PK4 wait list offers jumped from a handful to over 50 each year. Any idea why? Or if this pattern might repeat itself?

If I’ve learned anything the past few years, it’s that waitlist movement is very unpredictable! No clue why Hearst’s moved more.

I’m interested to see what all of the political turmoil in DC does to the waitlists this year. I could see pretty much anything happening - lots of movement or people just staying put.

Very much this. No one knows. People are losing their jobs left and right in DC so does that mean they'll leave for other places? People at private schools may not be ablet to afford so will they enroll IB? With interest rates being where they are will people be less likely to move and take on much higher rates.

No one knows. Anyone who speaks with authority is full of it.

Anonymous wrote:another wait list question (maybe I should put this one in a subject line): the past two years, Hearst PK4 wait list offers jumped from a handful to over 50 each year. Any idea why? Or if this pattern might repeat itself?

If I’ve learned anything the past few years, it’s that waitlist movement is very unpredictable! No clue why Hearst’s moved more.

I’m interested to see what all of the political turmoil in DC does to the waitlists this year. I could see pretty much anything happening - lots of movement or people just staying put.

another wait list question (maybe I should put this one in a subject line): the past two years, Hearst PK4 wait list offers jumped from a handful to over 50 each year. Any idea why? Or if this pattern might repeat itself?

Anonymous wrote:Yes you stay on the list at #1-9.

Thank you!!!

Yes you stay on the list at #1-9.

We enrolled in a charter we're ok (not thrilled, but ok) with for PK3. Hit the jackpot with an amazing school we'd put at #10 on our list for two reasons: because the odds of getting in seemed so remote we didn't want to "waste" the pick...and because it's all the way across the city, making the daily logistics a complete nightmare. After much agonizing, we're going to reluctantly let that one go - but would happily jump at any of the top 9 schools on our list, if we actually made it off any of their wait lists...and if historical data is any guide, we might!

So, just confirming with the hive mind: if we reject our lottery pick - but re-enroll at our current charter - we'll stay on the remaining lottery wait lists (the ones we'd ranked higher than the one we got) by default?