Anonymous
Post 04/09/2015 08:06     Subject: Round 1 Charter school data now up
Anonymous wrote:I am really surprised at some of the middle school waiting lists, given how dire I see the middle school situation (I live on Capitol Hill). Basis only has 15 on the WL for 5th and DCI Chinese only has 12? This seems really odd to me give Yu Ying's massive wait list.
Makes it seem like the lottery is mostly for pk3 and pk4,because if you are still playing after that, especially in middle school,you have a lot less competition. Wonder if that will change by the time my kids get to middle school.


Perception on DCUM is not always reality.
Anonymous
Post 04/09/2015 07:56     Subject: Round 1 Charter school data now up
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am really surprised at some of the middle school waiting lists, given how dire I see the middle school situation (I live on Capitol Hill). Basis only has 15 on the WL for 5th and DCI Chinese only has 12? This seems really odd to me give Yu Ying's massive wait list.
Makes it seem like the lottery is mostly for pk3 and pk4,because if you are still playing after that, especially in middle school,you have a lot less competition. Wonder if that will change by the time my kids get to middle school.


BASIS has kids on the wait list for grades 7-9, but I thought they didn't admit kids after 6th?


This was discussed on a separate thread - and the bottom line was current parents (aka DCUM readers) don't know. We were told at mtgs with Hd of School that they don't plan on taking kids after 6th but that they made an adjustment to their charter to allow it theoretically. So it was an option on the My School DC web site. Anyone who needs/wants to know should call Cameron Louis (HOS) or Abby Brisbon (registrar) directly.
Anonymous
Post 04/09/2015 02:30     Subject: Round 1 Charter school data now up
Anonymous wrote:I am really surprised at some of the middle school waiting lists, given how dire I see the middle school situation (I live on Capitol Hill). Basis only has 15 on the WL for 5th and DCI Chinese only has 12? This seems really odd to me give Yu Ying's massive wait list.
Makes it seem like the lottery is mostly for pk3 and pk4,because if you are still playing after that, especially in middle school,you have a lot less competition. Wonder if that will change by the time my kids get to middle school.


BASIS has kids on the wait list for grades 7-9, but I thought they didn't admit kids after 6th?
Anonymous
Post 04/09/2015 01:49     Subject: Round 1 Charter school data now up
I am really surprised at some of the middle school waiting lists, given how dire I see the middle school situation (I live on Capitol Hill). Basis only has 15 on the WL for 5th and DCI Chinese only has 12? This seems really odd to me give Yu Ying's massive wait list.
Makes it seem like the lottery is mostly for pk3 and pk4,because if you are still playing after that, especially in middle school,you have a lot less competition. Wonder if that will change by the time my kids get to middle school.
Anonymous
Post 04/09/2015 01:03     Subject: Round 1 Charter school data now up
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Agree. DCPS provides much more useful information. From charters, I would like to know the total # of available spaces per grade and how many went to siblings, staff, those with other preference (e.g., Amos students at DC Bilingual), and no preference.


Oh my, these entitled parents are so irritating. Be thankful for the data that you do have. Think of how this is 1,000 times better than schools running their own and not even putting online. All about trust. Golly, please put things in perspective.


Uh, why *wouldn't* you feel entitled to that data? Transparency is essential and they sure as hell owe it to us.


Just saying instead of claiming "what do we want, when do we want it", but relax and be happy that it's getting better. There was a poster mad the other day that charter WL weren't release same time as DCPS. Come on, they released the next day. They are two separate entities. Try cutting a little slack.
Anonymous
Post 04/09/2015 00:56     Subject: Round 1 Charter school data now up
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Interesting to see that Young's numbers are as "low" as they are. I thought the Two Rivers name would pump their list up longer.


Well, Two Rivers itself has over a 1000 people on their wait list. Maybe if Young wasn't around, it would be even higher.


The 1,300 or so people on the 2Rivers 1.0 waiting list includes kids grades 2 and above -- those kids were unable to apply to the Young campus, which only goes to 1st.

When you compare The waiting list numbers by grade, the disparity is not as great. It's there, but not much.
Anonymous
Post 04/09/2015 00:51     Subject: Round 1 Charter school data now up
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Agree. DCPS provides much more useful information. From charters, I would like to know the total # of available spaces per grade and how many went to siblings, staff, those with other preference (e.g., Amos students at DC Bilingual), and no preference.


Oh my, these entitled parents are so irritating. Be thankful for the data that you do have. Think of how this is 1,000 times better than schools running their own and not even putting online. All about trust. Golly, please put things in perspective.


Uh, why *wouldn't* you feel entitled to that data? Transparency is essential and they sure as hell owe it to us.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2015 23:23     Subject: Round 1 Charter school data now up
dcmom wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Agree. DCPS provides much more useful information. From charters, I would like to know the total # of available spaces per grade and how many went to siblings, staff, those with other preference (e.g., Amos students at DC Bilingual), and no preference.


DCPS is one LEA with a centralized office. DCPCSB Has to gather much of that info from individual schools.


They can easily get what they want from MSDC.


I don't think MSDC has the number of spaces available per grade at each school.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2015 22:49     Subject: Re:Round 1 Charter school data now up
These results are still very interesting as is. Glad they at least divided it by grade. Agree it would be very useful to know (and hopefully will be reported soon) how many seats were available in each grade at each school.

Wouldn't hold breath for report on how many kids got in with preference (sib vs. staff), but that would be good to see too.
dcmom
Post 04/08/2015 22:48     Subject: Round 1 Charter school data now up
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Agree. DCPS provides much more useful information. From charters, I would like to know the total # of available spaces per grade and how many went to siblings, staff, those with other preference (e.g., Amos students at DC Bilingual), and no preference.


DCPS is one LEA with a centralized office. DCPCSB Has to gather much of that info from individual schools.


They can easily get what they want from MSDC.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2015 22:25     Subject: Round 1 Charter school data now up
Anonymous wrote:Agree. DCPS provides much more useful information. From charters, I would like to know the total # of available spaces per grade and how many went to siblings, staff, those with other preference (e.g., Amos students at DC Bilingual), and no preference.


Oh my, these entitled parents are so irritating. Be thankful for the data that you do have. Think of how this is 1,000 times better than schools running their own and not even putting online. All about trust. Golly, please put things in perspective.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2015 22:24     Subject: Round 1 Charter school data now up
Anonymous wrote:Agree. DCPS provides much more useful information. From charters, I would like to know the total # of available spaces per grade and how many went to siblings, staff, those with other preference (e.g., Amos students at DC Bilingual), and no preference.


DCPS is one LEA with a centralized office. DCPCSB Has to gather much of that info from individual schools.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2015 22:23     Subject: Round 1 Charter school data now up
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Interesting to see that Young's numbers are as "low" as they are. I thought the Two Rivers name would pump their list up longer.


Well, Two Rivers itself has over a 1000 people on their wait list. Maybe if Young wasn't around, it would be even higher.


The numbers are consistent with last year.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2015 22:13     Subject: Round 1 Charter school data now up
Agree. DCPS provides much more useful information. From charters, I would like to know the total # of available spaces per grade and how many went to siblings, staff, those with other preference (e.g., Amos students at DC Bilingual), and no preference.
Anonymous
Post 04/08/2015 22:07     Subject: Round 1 Charter school data now up
Anonymous wrote:Interesting to see that Young's numbers are as "low" as they are. I thought the Two Rivers name would pump their list up longer.


Well, Two Rivers itself has over a 1000 people on their wait list. Maybe if Young wasn't around, it would be even higher.