Anonymous
04/16/2017 06:15
Subject: Waitlist number went up?
If it is for a DCPS school, it could be that a child moved "IB" and did not have "IB" preference during the lottery. They jump to where their master puts them in the rankings.
If it is for a charter - a child enrolled and a sibling on the waitlist did not have the right preference assigned to them previously.
Imagine:
Sibling A is #1 on the waitlist for 5th grade.
Sibling B is # 142 on the waitlist for 6th grade.
Sibling B stays where they are until Sibling A enrolls - now they have priority of sibling enrolled and jump from #142 to #1.
If it is for a charter - a child enrolled and a sibling on the waitlist did not have the right preference assigned to them previously.
Imagine:
Sibling A is #1 on the waitlist for 5th grade.
Sibling B is # 142 on the waitlist for 6th grade.
Sibling B stays where they are until Sibling A enrolls - now they have priority of sibling enrolled and jump from #142 to #1.
Anonymous
04/15/2017 23:37
Subject: Waitlist number went up?
Mine did too, for 5th grade at Basis and Latin.
Anonymous
04/15/2017 23:27
Subject: Re:Waitlist number went up?
They accepted a child off the wait list into another grade, that child had a sibling in your child's grade so they jumped to the top of the waitlist.
Anonymous
04/15/2017 23:23
Subject: Waitlist number went up?
I went from 17 to 18? Why would that be?