Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 14:55     Subject: No Really You Can Post Your List Now Thread
Anonymous wrote:I'll play! Bloomingdale, PK3:

Mundo Verde
Stokes French
Stokes Spanish
Two Rivers
ITS
Creative Minds
SWS
Lee
Cleveland Spanish
Cleveland English
Seaton (IB)
Langley

I feel confident that we'll get into Seaton, but I put Langley just in case. Some neighborhood parents rather persistently put it on my radar

I'm surprised you put Cleveland above Seaton. I guess if Seaton is your IB you have nothing to lose, but Seaton seemed far better to me. If dual language isn't your #1 priority I wouldn't waste my time commuting for PK to a charter. Seaton is good enough. But hey, I applied for Seaton OOB so hoping you don't take your slot so I can have it.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 14:08     Subject: No Really You Can Post Your List Now Thread
Our list for PK3, live in Petworth:
1. Creative Minds
2. EL Haynes
3. Yu Ying
4. Powell (IB)
5. Bridges
6. Breakthrough
7. Cap Cities
8. Raymond

I'm sure we'll get into Powell even with a terrible number as they took all IB PK3 last year, but felt like we should list a few below it just in case. If Raymond is our only match, we will likely pay for another year at daycare but who knows, perhaps it would be okay for 1-2 years. Pretty confident it won't come to that.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 13:17     Subject: No Really You Can Post Your List Now Thread
I'll play! Bloomingdale, PK3:

Mundo Verde
Stokes French
Stokes Spanish
Two Rivers
ITS
Creative Minds
SWS
Lee
Cleveland Spanish
Cleveland English
Seaton (IB)
Langley

I feel confident that we'll get into Seaton, but I put Langley just in case. Some neighborhood parents rather persistently put it on my radar
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 12:47     Subject: No Really You Can Post Your List Now Thread
Anonymous wrote:

Yes, I can see that, and it's a well reasoned approach. Far from being a Lee "booster", I was actually encouraging you to NOT pick our school if you are half-hearted about Montessori and the absence of other Montessori schools was definitely a hint, despite what hostile PP says. And not having a permanent location is a very real concern and reason to list other schools higher (as a parent it's a concern of mine too). Langley is very promising and there are benefits to being in your neighborhood school that you won't get from a far flung charter, however "highly regarded". Good luck!


Thanks Our list is really a compromise between myself and DH, who is more interested in Montessori but has a very low tolerance for commuting. But if we end up at Lee, I promise to be a good school parent! I really am impressed by what you guys have accomplished in just a few years.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 12:24     Subject: No Really You Can Post Your List Now Thread
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Eckington, PK3:

Mundo Verde
YY
Stokes French
Stokes Spanish
Two Rivers 4th
ITS
CMI
Cleveland Spanish even though we won't get in
Lee
Langley (IB).

If we match with Lee and they announce an undesirable location, we may try to Round 2 into Langley anyway.


Let me reassure you (again). Lee WILL NOT announce a location change for 2017. They WILL be at the same location in a different part of the building. Still, if you're not that interested in Montessori (and I'm guessing you're not as it's at the bottom of your list) you may prefer Langley. I've heard great things and the principal is very impressive. Good luck!


Just because she has Lee at the bottom doesn't mean she's not interested in Montessori. Maybe she just prefers the other schools a little more. Lee booster, not everyone has to have Lee at #1 no matter how much you insist. It has only been open one year.


UGH. This is getting just stupid guys.


+1. Who is this angry poster who keeps bashing Lee and twisting anything everyone says about it? What is her problem? I just don't get it. She seems to have a vested interested in bashing the school and she does it again and again.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 12:13     Subject: No Really You Can Post Your List Now Thread
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Eckington, PK3:

Mundo Verde
YY
Stokes French
Stokes Spanish
Two Rivers 4th
ITS
CMI
Cleveland Spanish even though we won't get in
Lee
Langley (IB).

If we match with Lee and they announce an undesirable location, we may try to Round 2 into Langley anyway.


Let me reassure you (again). Lee WILL NOT announce a location change for 2017. They WILL be at the same location in a different part of the building. Still, if you're not that interested in Montessori (and I'm guessing you're not as it's at the bottom of your list) you may prefer Langley. I've heard great things and the principal is very impressive. Good luck!


Just because she has Lee at the bottom doesn't mean she's not interested in Montessori. Maybe she just prefers the other schools a little more. Lee booster, not everyone has to have Lee at #1 no matter how much you insist. It has only been open one year.


Thanks PPs. Yes, I know that Lee is at ITS for this year (although the recent email made that seem like a 99% certainty not 100%). But I don't necessarily want to start DC at a school that will be inconvenient after the first year. And in my experience, location struggles can last a while. It's true I'm not that interested in Montessori, hence no SSMA, no Langdon, no Breakthrough. I only put Lee because the open house impressed me, and because it might possibly have a good location. As you can see from my list, first priority is immersion/DCI. Second group is charters offering middle school, CMI last because it is the farthest away. Third group is the others that are feasible and appealing. As you can see, we are positive enough on Langley that we didn't feel the need to list 12 schools.


Yes, I can see that, and it's a well reasoned approach. Far from being a Lee "booster", I was actually encouraging you to NOT pick our school if you are half-hearted about Montessori and the absence of other Montessori schools was definitely a hint, despite what hostile PP says. And not having a permanent location is a very real concern and reason to list other schools higher (as a parent it's a concern of mine too). Langley is very promising and there are benefits to being in your neighborhood school that you won't get from a far flung charter, however "highly regarded". Good luck!
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 12:06     Subject: Re:No Really You Can Post Your List Now Thread
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:PK4
Stokes Spanish
Creative minds
Capital city
Inspired teaching
Mundo Verde
Shepherd
Shining stars
Powell
Bruece-Monroe


Are you moving from your IB? (Or hoping to?)


Bruce Monroe PreK4 should have space
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 11:57     Subject: Re:No Really You Can Post Your List Now Thread
Edgewood, PK3

1) Inspired Teaching
2) Two Rivers 4th St
3) SWS
4) Ludlow-Taylor -- probably no chance we'll get in OOB, but figured we have nothing to lose listing it
5) Lee Montessori
6) Shining Stars Montessori
7) J.O. Wilson
8) Miner
9) WEDJ
10) Noyes (IB)

We are optimistic about the Montessori approach for our child, but not sold on it. Otherwise we tried to balance location (close to home or along a bike-able commute path) and our desire for a child centered, exploratory, play based or Reggio like approach.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 11:36     Subject: Re:No Really You Can Post Your List Now Thread
Brookland:

Inspired
CMI
TR - 4th
Stokes (Spanish)
TR - Young
Lee
Shining Stars
DC Bi
Cap City
Bridges
Burroughs
Bunker Hill (IB)
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 10:16     Subject: Re:No Really You Can Post Your List Now Thread
Brookland, PK3

Lee Montessori
ITS
Friendship Armstrong (but only for the new Reggio Center)
CMI
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 09:42     Subject: No Really You Can Post Your List Now Thread
Cap Hill, Pk3:

1. SWS
2. Ludlow Taylor (IB)
3. Two Rivers Young
4. Two Rivers 4th

Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 09:40     Subject: No Really You Can Post Your List Now Thread
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Eckington, PK3:

Mundo Verde
YY
Stokes French
Stokes Spanish
Two Rivers 4th
ITS
CMI
Cleveland Spanish even though we won't get in
Lee
Langley (IB).

If we match with Lee and they announce an undesirable location, we may try to Round 2 into Langley anyway.


Let me reassure you (again). Lee WILL NOT announce a location change for 2017. They WILL be at the same location in a different part of the building. Still, if you're not that interested in Montessori (and I'm guessing you're not as it's at the bottom of your list) you may prefer Langley. I've heard great things and the principal is very impressive. Good luck!


Just because she has Lee at the bottom doesn't mean she's not interested in Montessori. Maybe she just prefers the other schools a little more. Lee booster, not everyone has to have Lee at #1 no matter how much you insist. It has only been open one year.


UGH. This is getting just stupid guys.
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 09:35     Subject: Re:No Really You Can Post Your List Now Thread
Anonymous wrote:PK4
Stokes Spanish
Creative minds
Capital city
Inspired teaching
Mundo Verde
Shepherd
Shining stars
Powell
Bruece-Monroe


Are you moving from your IB? (Or hoping to?)
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 09:34     Subject: Re:No Really You Can Post Your List Now Thread
PK4
Stokes Spanish
Creative minds
Capital city
Inspired teaching
Mundo Verde
Shepherd
Shining stars
Powell
Bruece-Monroe
Anonymous
Post 03/02/2016 09:31     Subject: No Really You Can Post Your List Now Thread
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Eckington, PK3:

Mundo Verde
YY
Stokes French
Stokes Spanish
Two Rivers 4th
ITS
CMI
Cleveland Spanish even though we won't get in
Lee
Langley (IB).

If we match with Lee and they announce an undesirable location, we may try to Round 2 into Langley anyway.


Let me reassure you (again). Lee WILL NOT announce a location change for 2017. They WILL be at the same location in a different part of the building. Still, if you're not that interested in Montessori (and I'm guessing you're not as it's at the bottom of your list) you may prefer Langley. I've heard great things and the principal is very impressive. Good luck!


Just because she has Lee at the bottom doesn't mean she's not interested in Montessori. Maybe she just prefers the other schools a little more. Lee booster, not everyone has to have Lee at #1 no matter how much you insist. It has only been open one year.


Thanks PPs. Yes, I know that Lee is at ITS for this year (although the recent email made that seem like a 99% certainty not 100%). But I don't necessarily want to start DC at a school that will be inconvenient after the first year. And in my experience, location struggles can last a while. It's true I'm not that interested in Montessori, hence no SSMA, no Langdon, no Breakthrough. I only put Lee because the open house impressed me, and because it might possibly have a good location. As you can see from my list, first priority is immersion/DCI. Second group is charters offering middle school, CMI last because it is the farthest away. Third group is the others that are feasible and appealing. As you can see, we are positive enough on Langley that we didn't feel the need to list 12 schools.