If the suburbs get universal pre-k, will D.C. have to strongly improve their schools for fear of losing residents it is trying to attract?

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Anonymous wrote:They made 30 odd OOB offers off the waitlist last year. Mainly K and 1.

That's crazy. They could've added another pk4 class. Couple of kids to round up K and 1, but 30!

It doesn't mean that all 30 kids accepted. It just meant they made 30 offers.

Exactly. Those 30 offers might have been for the same 1 or 2 spots. And no way Janney should even have PK. OOB spots are only offered to fill up classes to a number acceptable to DCPS (20 or 22). Janney can't have 1st grades classes with 18 kids.

30 offers for Janney equals 28-29 extra kids

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Anonymous wrote:They made 30 odd OOB offers off the waitlist last year. Mainly K and 1.

That's crazy. They could've added another pk4 class. Couple of kids to round up K and 1, but 30!

Bowser's up for re-election. More OOB spots makes for a happier base makes for a happy mayor.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They made 30 odd OOB offers off the waitlist last year. Mainly K and 1.

That's crazy. They could've added another pk4 class. Couple of kids to round up K and 1, but 30!

It doesn't mean that all 30 kids accepted. It just meant they made 30 offers.

Exactly. Those 30 offers might have been for the same 1 or 2 spots. And no way Janney should even have PK. OOB spots are only offered to fill up classes to a number acceptable to DCPS (20 or 22). Janney can't have 1st grades classes with 18 kids.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They made 30 odd OOB offers off the waitlist last year. Mainly K and 1.

Anyone know why they choose to do that? Is it mandated that they accept a certain number?

They have student enrollment targets agreed with DCPS Head Office. They need to meet these or risk budget cuts.

Is that for each grade, or just total at the school?

Whole school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They made 30 odd OOB offers off the waitlist last year. Mainly K and 1.

Anyone know why they choose to do that? Is it mandated that they accept a certain number?

They have student enrollment targets agreed with DCPS Head Office. They need to meet these or risk budget cuts.

Is that for each grade, or just total at the school?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They made 30 odd OOB offers off the waitlist last year. Mainly K and 1.

That's crazy. They could've added another pk4 class. Couple of kids to round up K and 1, but 30!

It doesn't mean that all 30 kids accepted. It just meant they made 30 offers.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They made 30 odd OOB offers off the waitlist last year. Mainly K and 1.

Anyone know why they choose to do that? Is it mandated that they accept a certain number?

They have student enrollment targets agreed with DCPS Head Office. They need to meet these or risk budget cuts.

Anonymous wrote:They made 30 odd OOB offers off the waitlist last year. Mainly K and 1.

That's crazy. They could've added another pk4 class. Couple of kids to round up K and 1, but 30!

Anonymous wrote:They made 30 odd OOB offers off the waitlist last year. Mainly K and 1.

Anyone know why they choose to do that? Is it mandated that they accept a certain number?

Here is the link: https://public.tableau.com/profile/aaron2446#!/vizhome/MSDCSeatsandWaitlistOfferData/MSDCPublicDisplay

They made 30 odd OOB offers off the waitlist last year. Mainly K and 1.

Some years Janney (like other DCPS neighbor schools) takes some OOB students off the lottery waitlist for K-5.

The preferences would be OOB with sibling enrolled first, then OOV with sibling accepted, then just OOB.

It is impossible to predict which grades or which years it will happen at which schools. Even Deal has offered a couple seats in recent years.

Check the data released by MSDC to see past data. But every year is a bit different.

Look at historical lottery information. It varies year to year based on class size. Last year it was a surprise to many that they offered so many spots for K given the large size of the grade.

On another board some DCUMers were saying that every year Janney adds OOB students to K and to subsequent grades. Are they required to admit a certain number from the waitlist or something and what is that number? And do they just go by preferences (i.e. sibling attending, sibling enrolled, proximity, etc.)?