Anonymous
05/17/2017 16:39
Subject: movement DCPS waitlists insight: Burroughs, Raymond, DorthyHeight, Barnard, Truesdell, BH, Bridges,
Anonymous wrote:mcjd79 wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You have started too many threads. Pick one and stick to it
+1. OP, you seem a bit frantic and disoriented. The truth is, none of your realistic options are the ones that higher SES parents would choose all the way through elementary. All are fine for PK and maybe lower elementary though.
+1
Another PP. Thank you for putting this nicely. I wanted to say the same thing, but was struggling to find the right words. Clearly, OP is overwhelmed. Clearly, OP doesn't realize that she can have other bites at the lottery apple next year. Go with the school that works for you now. You don't have a lot of great options to choose from, but none of them are terrible schools for ECE. There is no way you are getting into the HRCS this year. Don't sweat it. Play again next year and stop creating multiple threads.
Unlike many folks here I don't want to bounce my kid around to different schools. We want to enroll with the intent to stay for the long term. We are not the SES parents trying to jump to the next best school. We just want to learn about what might be the best long term option. And I will stop posting when I get information I am seeking on the different schools we are looking into.
Lol. When you have a realistic understanding of upper grades and middle school options at any of those schools, you will lottery out as soon as you can.
For just a touch of perspective: it's pretty unusual that one enters a school at age three and exits the same school at the end of fifth grade anywhere else in this country. Yet we work ourselves into a lather about finding the best fit for our toddlers to meet their needs (and middle and high school feeder needs!) because there is the possibility of "locking it in" when some of them are still in diapers.
I went to nursery school in a church when I was four, kindergarten at my local elementary school when I was five. We moved when I was eight, and I went to a different ES in the same district. I would not categorize this as being bounced around by my parents chasing the elusive perfect school. This happens all the time. Not just because a lottery makes it possible to keep trying year after year.
Does it get nuts here? Of course. But your sanctimony is a bit much - you have no idea how your child's first year at school will go, what her/his needs will be in a few years, or what your family situation will be.
Practical advice--unless you are taken with the extended-year model, skip Raymond. Skip Dorothy Heights as well. Neither are worth the cross-town commute.
Anonymous
05/17/2017 12:17
Subject: movement DCPS waitlists insight: Burroughs, Raymond, DorthyHeight, Barnard, Truesdell, BH, Bridges,
mcjd79 wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You have started too many threads. Pick one and stick to it
+1. OP, you seem a bit frantic and disoriented. The truth is, none of your realistic options are the ones that higher SES parents would choose all the way through elementary. All are fine for PK and maybe lower elementary though.
+1
Another PP. Thank you for putting this nicely. I wanted to say the same thing, but was struggling to find the right words. Clearly, OP is overwhelmed. Clearly, OP doesn't realize that she can have other bites at the lottery apple next year. Go with the school that works for you now. You don't have a lot of great options to choose from, but none of them are terrible schools for ECE. There is no way you are getting into the HRCS this year. Don't sweat it. Play again next year and stop creating multiple threads.
Unlike many folks here I don't want to bounce my kid around to different schools. We want to enroll with the intent to stay for the long term. We are not the SES parents trying to jump to the next best school. We just want to learn about what might be the best long term option. And I will stop posting when I get information I am seeking on the different schools we are looking into.
Lol. When you have a realistic understanding of upper grades and middle school options at any of those schools, you will lottery out as soon as you can.
Anonymous
05/17/2017 12:12
Subject: movement DCPS waitlists insight: Burroughs, Raymond, DorthyHeight, Barnard, Truesdell, BH, Bridges,
LOL - threatening to continue to badger us on this board isn't going to get you the answers you want. Hell, no one from DC Bilingual chimed in with their experiences on a different thread. You're not going to get that much feedback for the schools you have posted here.
Have you even toured these schools? Maybe you're better off keeping your kid home until K and just enter your IB. You have some severe analysis paralysis.
Have you even toured these schools? Maybe you're better off keeping your kid home until K and just enter your IB. You have some severe analysis paralysis.
mcjd79
05/17/2017 11:45
Subject: movement DCPS waitlists insight: Burroughs, Raymond, DorthyHeight, Barnard, Truesdell, BH, Bridges,
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You have started too many threads. Pick one and stick to it
+1. OP, you seem a bit frantic and disoriented. The truth is, none of your realistic options are the ones that higher SES parents would choose all the way through elementary. All are fine for PK and maybe lower elementary though.
+1
Another PP. Thank you for putting this nicely. I wanted to say the same thing, but was struggling to find the right words. Clearly, OP is overwhelmed. Clearly, OP doesn't realize that she can have other bites at the lottery apple next year. Go with the school that works for you now. You don't have a lot of great options to choose from, but none of them are terrible schools for ECE. There is no way you are getting into the HRCS this year. Don't sweat it. Play again next year and stop creating multiple threads.
Unlike many folks here I don't want to bounce my kid around to different schools. We want to enroll with the intent to stay for the long term. We are not the SES parents trying to jump to the next best school. We just want to learn about what might be the best long term option. And I will stop posting when I get information I am seeking on the different schools we are looking into.
Anonymous
05/17/2017 08:44
Subject: movement DCPS waitlists insight: Burroughs, Raymond, DorthyHeight, Barnard, Truesdell, BH, Bridges,
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You have started too many threads. Pick one and stick to it
+1. OP, you seem a bit frantic and disoriented. The truth is, none of your realistic options are the ones that higher SES parents would choose all the way through elementary. All are fine for PK and maybe lower elementary though.
+1
Another PP. Thank you for putting this nicely. I wanted to say the same thing, but was struggling to find the right words. Clearly, OP is overwhelmed. Clearly, OP doesn't realize that she can have other bites at the lottery apple next year. Go with the school that works for you now. You don't have a lot of great options to choose from, but none of them are terrible schools for ECE. There is no way you are getting into the HRCS this year. Don't sweat it. Play again next year and stop creating multiple threads.
Anonymous
05/16/2017 21:50
Subject: movement DCPS waitlists insight: Burroughs, Raymond, DorthyHeight, Barnard, Truesdell, BH, Bridges,
Anonymous wrote:mcjd79 wrote:As of today we have a a couple options for Prk3 in DCPS and are low on a few other lists. We are trying to get some insight on the schools we may actually have a chance to attend. (Of our "top 10" schools only 6-9 are even in the 100s for wait lists I am guessing it is unlikely to get a offer from them even by fall??)
Our current priorities:
Primarily play based & emotional learning program
Caring/warm teachers & staff with good communication
Great Speech Therapist & Special Education Teachers (a couple hours per week push-out & push-in services)
Experience with kids from different backgrounds, families, cultures. Ideally a divers student & staff body
Less of a learning gap and is good option for staying into K and beyond
Good options for before & Aftercare
PTO or PTA
DCPS with a offer or realistic chance???
11) Burroughs Elementary School #22
12) Raymond Education Campus #14
13) Dorothy I. Height Elementary School- Offer Extended (would currently drop us from Barnard & Truesdell?)
14) Barnard Elementary School #74
15) Truesdell Education Campus #21
16) Bunker Hill Elementary School - Offer Extended
Wait listed in 100's, possibly a slim chance?
6) Shining Stars Montessori Academy PCS: Waitlisted - #125
7) Bridges PCS: Waitlisted - #118
8) E.L. Haynes PCS - Elementary School: Waitlisted - #152
9) Two Rivers PCS at Young: Waitlisted - #163
Probably not worth worrying about all waitlisted listed in the 200-400's
Mundo Verde Bilingual PCS
Creative Minds International PCS
Lee Montessori PCS
Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom PCS (Spanish Language Program)
Two Rivers PCS at 4th Street
Capitol Hill Montessori School @ Logan
DC Bilingual PC
Does Bridges know that your child has an IEP/ISFP or receives services? It might get you some priority there. Apparently some schools are allowed to offer that. It used to be that a low number could get you in, but that's before the permanent building.
NP. Bridges has a SN lottery for students with an IEP calling for 16-32 hours of specialized instruction and services (e.g. a very high level of need). Bridges is the only charter school that has sought permission to offer this preference.