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Anonymous

03/16/2018 16:00 Subject: Re:OK SWAMI...WHERE ARE YOU?

Anonymous wrote:Pre K 3
In Bound Whittier (not listed)
No sibling preference

1. Washington Yu Ying PCS
2. DC Bilingual PCS
3. E.W. Stokes – Brookland (French Language Program)
4. Bancroft Elementary School
5. Shepherd Elementary School
6. Breakthrough Montessori PCS
7. Lee Montessori PCS
8. Shining Stars Montessori Academy PCS
9. Bridges PCS
10. Capital City PCS – Lower School
11. E.L. Haynes PCS – Elementary School
12. Dorothy I. Height Elementary School

#68 at LAMB

CommuniKids
Centronia
MM Bethune

Please help me SWAMI, the anxiety is REAL!

If you're so anxious, why didn't you list your IB... You'd rather have Bethune?

Anonymous

03/16/2018 15:42 Subject: Re:OK SWAMI...WHERE ARE YOU?

Pre K 3
In Bound Whittier (not listed)
No sibling preference

1. Washington Yu Ying PCS
2. DC Bilingual PCS
3. E.W. Stokes – Brookland (French Language Program)
4. Bancroft Elementary School
5. Shepherd Elementary School
6. Breakthrough Montessori PCS
7. Lee Montessori PCS
8. Shining Stars Montessori Academy PCS
9. Bridges PCS
10. Capital City PCS – Lower School
11. E.L. Haynes PCS – Elementary School
12. Dorothy I. Height Elementary School

#68 at LAMB

CommuniKids
Centronia
MM Bethune

Please help me SWAMI, the anxiety is REAL!

Anonymous

03/16/2018 15:38 Subject: Re:OK SWAMI...WHERE ARE YOU?

PK3, no sibling

1. Stokes Spanish
2. Inspired Teaching
3. Stokes French
4. DC Bilingual
5. Sela
6. Two Rivers
7. Lee
8. SSMA
9. Bridges
10. Burroughs
11. Langley
12. Noyes (IB)

Thanks Swami!

(And to others, we know we probably have some wasted spots after our #5, but already had identified all the safeties we would consider based on school and commute.)

Anonymous

03/16/2018 15:13 Subject: OK SWAMI...WHERE ARE YOU?

PK4 Ross inbound. Hoping we get in this time!

Anonymous

03/16/2018 14:44 Subject: Re:OK SWAMI...WHERE ARE YOU?

PK3 (twins; no older sibling)

SWW @ Francis-Stevens (in-bound)
Yu Ying
Hyde-Addison
Ross
Marie Reed
Thomson
H.D. Cooke
AppleTree PCS – Columbia Heights
Bancroft
Cleveland
Garrison
Dorothy I. Height

Thanks Swami!

- Perplexed Pre-K Parent

Anonymous

03/16/2018 14:08 Subject: OK SWAMI...WHERE ARE YOU?

Pk4, at our EOTP inbound which we have been perfectly happy with. We considered not playing again until next year... This probably makes more sense as K list but here it is:

SWS
Ross
Inspired Teaching
Mundo Verde
TR 4
Hyde Addison
Eaton

Anonymous

03/16/2018 13:54 Subject: OK SWAMI...WHERE ARE YOU?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PK3, no sibling, content to stay in day care another year if needed.

SWS
Maury (proximity)
Peabody (IB)
Van Ness
Payne
J.O. Wilson
Miner
Tyler traditional

Totally out of curiosity, are you anti-charter? I know that some folks are turned off by CHML and AT for different reasons, but surprised not to see 2R @ 4th at least...

Not anti-charter in general. Maybe we should have included Two Rivers, but we know a family there who are pretty lukewarm about it. And yeah, I was turned off by CHML and AT for the usual reasons. But if we didn't have a solid day care option to fall back on, I might well have put all three on the list.

I think your list is quite good. If you have an excellent number, you will get into SWS. If you have a good number you will get into Peabody. Otherwise you will get into Miner or Tyler (off the waitlist). You don’t have a true safety but sounds like you don’t need one.

Anonymous

03/16/2018 13:07 Subject: Re:OK SWAMI...WHERE ARE YOU?

IB for LaSalle Backus. PK3 no sibling preference.

1) DC Bilingual
2) Capital City
3) EL Haynes
4) Shepherd
5) Barnard
6) Truesdell
7) Whittier
8) Breakthrough Montessori
9) LaSalle Backus

Anonymous

03/16/2018 12:59 Subject: OK SWAMI...WHERE ARE YOU?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PK3, no sibling, content to stay in day care another year if needed.

SWS
Maury (proximity)
Peabody (IB)
Van Ness
Payne
J.O. Wilson
Miner
Tyler traditional

Totally out of curiosity, are you anti-charter? I know that some folks are turned off by CHML and AT for different reasons, but surprised not to see 2R @ 4th at least...

Not anti-charter in general. Maybe we should have included Two Rivers, but we know a family there who are pretty lukewarm about it. And yeah, I was turned off by CHML and AT for the usual reasons. But if we didn't have a solid day care option to fall back on, I might well have put all three on the list.

Anonymous

03/16/2018 12:32 Subject: OK SWAMI...WHERE ARE YOU?

Anonymous wrote:
I’m the OP. We chose based on interest in curriculum/ where child would thrive. Not proximity to home. Fine with paying for daycare another year.

quote=Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Pk-4, no sibling

School-Within-School
Lee Montessori PCS
Thomson Elementary School
Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School
Marie Reed Elementary School
Cleveland Elementary School
Bancroft Elementary
Capital City PCS – Lower School
Creative Minds International
Langley Elementary School
Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS
J.O. Wilson Elementary School

Thanks!

Another entry in the weird list contest

I'm the PP who replied saying the other list wasn't so weird... But this list is SUPER weird. I don't get it at all. And no IB? Maybe they haven't moved to the city yet and could live in any of NE Capitol Hill, Brookland or Petworth? That could sort of explain things...

But, OP, you didn't even choose schools w/ the same sorts of curriculums... Lee is your 2nd choice, but not SSMA or CHML? Cap City in the middle of the list, but no other EL schools? Not even 2Rs which is typically better regarded than Cap City. A random assortment of IB schools w/ totally different philosophies... So bizarre.

Anonymous

03/16/2018 12:29 Subject: OK SWAMI...WHERE ARE YOU?

Anonymous wrote:PK3, no sibling, content to stay in day care another year if needed.

SWS
Maury (proximity)
Peabody (IB)
Van Ness
Payne
J.O. Wilson
Miner
Tyler traditional

Totally out of curiosity, are you anti-charter? I know that some folks are turned off by CHML and AT for different reasons, but surprised not to see 2R @ 4th at least...

Anonymous

03/16/2018 12:24 Subject: OK SWAMI...WHERE ARE YOU?

I’m the OP. We chose based on interest in curriculum/ where child would thrive. Not proximity to home. Fine with paying for daycare another year.

quote=Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Pk-4, no sibling

School-Within-School
Lee Montessori PCS
Thomson Elementary School
Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School
Marie Reed Elementary School
Cleveland Elementary School
Bancroft Elementary
Capital City PCS – Lower School
Creative Minds International
Langley Elementary School
Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS
J.O. Wilson Elementary School

Thanks!

Another entry in the weird list contest

I'm the PP who replied saying the other list wasn't so weird... But this list is SUPER weird. I don't get it at all. And no IB? Maybe they haven't moved to the city yet and could live in any of NE Capitol Hill, Brookland or Petworth? That could sort of explain things...