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Anonymous wrote:It's simply not true to tell someone they have almost no chance to get in some school via the lottery. I don't know one person who didn't unless they only put MV, YY and CMI on the list (like most people assume on this forum). There are plenty of other charters that aren't as competetive, such as Dorothy Height, all of the AppleTrees, Roots, Idea, some of the Kipps, Center City and a number of others. So stop saying that you can't expect anything from the lottery. If the IB is not an option there are plenty of others.

There are a number of DCPS schools EOTP that are as good as or better than those.

Something about the phrase "It's not an option" seems kind of insulting to those who do send their kids there. Very judgmental.

EOTP people keep getting insulted for nothing. Why do you assume the OP's school is EOTP? What if it's EOTR? What if it's the school where a 3 year old brought a loaded gun in the backpack?

Anonymous wrote:It's simply not true to tell someone they have almost no chance to get in some school via the lottery. I don't know one person who didn't unless they only put MV, YY and CMI on the list (like most people assume on this forum). There are plenty of other charters that aren't as competetive, such as Dorothy Height, all of the AppleTrees, Roots, Idea, some of the Kipps, Center City and a number of others. So stop saying that you can't expect anything from the lottery. If the IB is not an option there are plenty of others.

There are a number of DCPS schools EOTP that are as good as or better than those.

Something about the phrase "It's not an option" seems kind of insulting to those who do send their kids there. Very judgmental.

It's simply not true to tell someone they have almost no chance to get in some school via the lottery. I don't know one person who didn't unless they only put MV, YY and CMI on the list (like most people assume on this forum). There are plenty of other charters that aren't as competetive, such as Dorothy Height, all of the AppleTrees, Roots, Idea, some of the Kipps, Center City and a number of others. So stop saying that you can't expect anything from the lottery. If the IB is not an option there are plenty of others.

There are more charter schools in Ward 8 than anywhere else in the city, because the DCPS options are not good.

OP has options close to home, especially for PK3-Pk4. Te 2 Appletree campuses should definitely be on your list.

http://www.dcpcsb.org/find-a-school?field_school_tier_value=All&field_ward_value=8&title=&field_grade_value=PK-3&combine=

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Anonymous wrote:You all seem so entitled to tell someone to move to a better school district. Why do you assume that everyone is able to? My in boundary is Turner Elementary. Have you even heard of it? Have you even been on THAT side of the river? Do you have any idea how good or bad the school and ECE programs are over there? And do you really think all residents of Congress Heights can just move to a better school district if they feel like it? Stop being judgemental on this often awful forum and stop making someone feel bad for wanting to lottery into a better school. Even for preschool.

Yes, I've heard of it, know where it is, have been to THAT side of the river. No, I don't think that people can just move easily. The point is that it is increasingly difficult to simply lottery into a better school and that if your in bounds school is categorically not an option for you, then it's probably a good idea to put as much energy into figuring out where you can move that has schools you would send your children to as you would into constructing a dream lottery list that likely won't result in your kid going anywhere other than you IB school.

It's very privlidged to tell someone just to move. And do not come back with "if you care about your child's education" or "if you have high expectations for your child". Every single parent I've seen in my child's ward 8 school wants a good education for their children. They can't just up and move so it's really rude to flippantly tell people here to do it. There are some people here without the means to do it. Yes we are here and yes we care about our kids education.

NP here, but you're missing the point of the person above you. She was saying that one should not depend on the lottery to escape a poor-performing IB school. Simple as that. The numbers are just NOT in your favor. Then, if you (or anyone) maintain that your IB school is "really bad" and you would never send your DC there, then you have a quandry. You cannot expect anything from the lottery, and you are saying you won't go to your IB. So what other options do you have other than moving? You could go private. Or you could homeschool. Those are your choices. Don't be mad at the PP for just going through the process of elimination.

Anonymous wrote:You all seem so entitled to tell someone to move to a better school district. Why do you assume that everyone is able to? My in boundary is Turner Elementary. Have you even heard of it? Have you even been on THAT side of the river? Do you have any idea how good or bad the school and ECE programs are over there? And do you really think all residents of Congress Heights can just move to a better school district if they feel like it? Stop being judgemental on this often awful forum and stop making someone feel bad for wanting to lottery into a better school. Even for preschool.

Yes, however I wouldn't assume that because you send your child to Turner (or whatever) that you have low expectations for your child like OP does.

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Anonymous wrote:You all seem so entitled to tell someone to move to a better school district. Why do you assume that everyone is able to? My in boundary is Turner Elementary. Have you even heard of it? Have you even been on THAT side of the river? Do you have any idea how good or bad the school and ECE programs are over there? And do you really think all residents of Congress Heights can just move to a better school district if they feel like it? Stop being judgemental on this often awful forum and stop making someone feel bad for wanting to lottery into a better school. Even for preschool.

Yes, I've heard of it, know where it is, have been to THAT side of the river. No, I don't think that people can just move easily. The point is that it is increasingly difficult to simply lottery into a better school and that if your in bounds school is categorically not an option for you, then it's probably a good idea to put as much energy into figuring out where you can move that has schools you would send your children to as you would into constructing a dream lottery list that likely won't result in your kid going anywhere other than you IB school.

It's very privlidged to tell someone just to move. And do not come back with "if you care about your child's education" or "if you have high expectations for your child". Every single parent I've seen in my child's ward 8 school wants a good education for their children. They can't just up and move so it's really rude to flippantly tell people here to do it. There are some people here without the means to do it. Yes we are here and yes we care about our kids education.

Anonymous wrote:You all seem so entitled to tell someone to move to a better school district. Why do you assume that everyone is able to? My in boundary is Turner Elementary. Have you even heard of it? Have you even been on THAT side of the river? Do you have any idea how good or bad the school and ECE programs are over there? And do you really think all residents of Congress Heights can just move to a better school district if they feel like it? Stop being judgemental on this often awful forum and stop making someone feel bad for wanting to lottery into a better school. Even for preschool.

Yes, I've heard of it, know where it is, have been to THAT side of the river. No, I don't think that people can just move easily. The point is that it is increasingly difficult to simply lottery into a better school and that if your in bounds school is categorically not an option for you, then it's probably a good idea to put as much energy into figuring out where you can move that has schools you would send your children to as you would into constructing a dream lottery list that likely won't result in your kid going anywhere other than you IB school.

Anonymous wrote:You all seem so entitled to tell someone to move to a better school district. Why do you assume that everyone is able to? My in boundary is Turner Elementary. Have you even heard of it? Have you even been on THAT side of the river? Do you have any idea how good or bad the school and ECE programs are over there? And do you really think all residents of Congress Heights can just move to a better school district if they feel like it? Stop being judgemental on this often awful forum and stop making someone feel bad for wanting to lottery into a better school. Even for preschool.

We are in ward 8. I understand. There's no way we'd ever be able to move in boundary for a school. People on this forum really only care about the kids at their own child's school, which for 99% of them are not schools where we live.

Yawn

You all seem so entitled to tell someone to move to a better school district. Why do you assume that everyone is able to? My in boundary is Turner Elementary. Have you even heard of it? Have you even been on THAT side of the river? Do you have any idea how good or bad the school and ECE programs are over there? And do you really think all residents of Congress Heights can just move to a better school district if they feel like it? Stop being judgemental on this often awful forum and stop making someone feel bad for wanting to lottery into a better school. Even for preschool.

A couple thoughts:
1) any ECE will likely be better than daycare. The ratios are still pretty low and the lead teachers (at least) have degrees in early childhood development/education.
2) newborns are often pretty portable. You could probably just take the baby in a wrap or car seat and feed if s/he gets fussy

Not true that your chances are low to get into a good charter. Your chances are good at getting into a decent school. Do your research by asking around.

Anonymous wrote:You sound insufferable and judgemental. I hope you lose in the lottery.

+1000. Please go away OP. Far away.

As a parent on our host committee at an up-and-coming DCPS --we hope--we try to schedule 4, roughly October (for early birds and neighbors and as a practice run), December (after EdFest), January and February. Almost always at 9am.