Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't really think Waitlists will move much anymore. Almost all schools are in the common lottery, so aside from a handful of kids who move, around 30 or so from LAMB, a handful from Bethune... No one else should be declining their spots right? I guess some do go private but is it really enough to make a difference? Maybe a few hundred?

No-- people can decide to stay at their current school, go to their IB school that they did not lottery for, leave DC, or homeschool. The first two categories are a decent number of people.

You're definitely right for anything about PK3. But for PK3 there is no guarenteed inbound school, and the only "current school" would be private daycare/preschool. I'm thinking that isn't a high number. Maybe I'm wrong but I'm thinking there will be very little movement for PK3. Since fewer spots open up in the upper grades (k-12), probably there isn't much movement there either.

Anonymous wrote:So why has my waitlist number gone up for IT?

Probably because someone else enrolled a child at the school, which bumped a sibling up to the top of the waitlist for the grade you applied for.

Anonymous wrote:According to the My School DC handbook (pg 12) schools cannot contact wait listed families to offer a space until after May 1.

http://dcps.dc.gov/DCPS/Files/downloads/Learn-About-Schools/Enrollment/Lottery%20Policy%20Handbook.pdf

This is a DCPS handbook; does not apply to charters.

Anonymous wrote:I don't really think Waitlists will move much anymore. Almost all schools are in the common lottery, so aside from a handful of kids who move, around 30 or so from LAMB, a handful from Bethune... No one else should be declining their spots right? I guess some do go private but is it really enough to make a difference? Maybe a few hundred?

No-- people can decide to stay at their current school, go to their IB school that they did not lottery for, leave DC, or homeschool. The first two categories are a decent number of people.

I don't really think Waitlists will move much anymore. Almost all schools are in the common lottery, so aside from a handful of kids who move, around 30 or so from LAMB, a handful from Bethune... No one else should be declining their spots right? I guess some do go private but is it really enough to make a difference? Maybe a few hundred?

Anonymous wrote:So why has my waitlist number gone up for IT?

As in you were at 40 and it went to 41? Or you were at 40 and it went to 39?

Anonymous wrote:So why has my waitlist number gone up for IT?

Because of people getting off the waitlist. This happens if they leave DC or accept at a private school, for example.

So why has my waitlist number gone up for IT?

Anonymous wrote:According to the My School DC handbook (pg 12) schools cannot contact wait listed families to offer a space until after May 1.

http://dcps.dc.gov/DCPS/Files/downloads/Learn-About-Schools/Enrollment/Lottery%20Policy%20Handbook.pdf

So does this mean if I accept a seat at a school prior to may 1, I don't lose my waitlist spot? Is this true for charters as well as dcps?

Yet another date to wait for, ugh.

According to the My School DC handbook (pg 12) schools cannot contact wait listed families to offer a space until after May 1.

http://dcps.dc.gov/DCPS/Files/downloads/Learn-About-Schools/Enrollment/Lottery%20Policy%20Handbook.pdf

MV isn't updating their waitlisted until after May 1st.

Reenrollment forms are not due until mid May.

Waitlists are unlikely to move before the May 1 deadline.

Patience.

Just "waiting".... ?