Question -- my student applied to Duke Ellington for Visual Arts -- I see they only had 30 seats in the program and it shows that 23 matched, 7 were unmatched. What does "unmatched" mean -- were these kids who applied to other schools and ranked them higher? Also, I note that there are no waitlists for Duke. IS that typical?

Thanks.

Every year the data is out with both DCPS and charters together as most of you know. DCPS decides to release their data early. It’s not like they don’t have the data from charters since it’s the same lottery. Not sure why DCPS decided to release theirs early this year.

Honestly, our charter, which is highly desirable, have implemented a great remote distance learning curriculum last week and continues to refine and improve on it this week That is what they are focusing on, not waitlist numbers for next year.

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Anonymous wrote:How do publicly funded charter schools get away with not providing the same information as DCPS? So frustrating

There it is! It took almost 2 whole pages for one of you to show up.

Do you have a substantive answer?

I'm not PP, but the answer is that each charter school is basically a school district unto itself. They operate independently from each other and DCPS. They receive charters through the DC Public Charter School Board which is separate from DCPS, OSSE, and DME.

In some other cities, the chancellor of public schools also authorizes charters to ensure efficient use of public facilities, streamlined info, etc. Why DC does not use this model is a long political story.

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Anonymous wrote:How do publicly funded charter schools get away with not providing the same information as DCPS? So frustrating

There it is! It took almost 2 whole pages for one of you to show up.

Do you have a substantive answer?

There are legitimate matters related to charters and charter oversight that can be reasonably debated. The fact that DCPS (with a HUGE staff) decided to prioritize data (and it is very cool and useful data to be sure) and the DCPCSB didn't is not one of them. The data that DCPS released is not statutorily or otherwise required. So the answer to your silly question about how they "get away with it" is that it isn't required. I enjoy the data a great deal. And no doubt it is useful for planning purposes for schools and the system at large. But it's a nice to have.

I feel sad for people like you who waste so much time on anger and ire towards charters. But if that makes you happy, go on with your bad self.

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Anonymous wrote:How do publicly funded charter schools get away with not providing the same information as DCPS? So frustrating

There it is! It took almost 2 whole pages for one of you to show up.

Do you have a substantive answer?

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Anonymous wrote:How do publicly funded charter schools get away with not providing the same information as DCPS? So frustrating

There it is! It took almost 2 whole pages for one of you to show up.

??? ok

Anonymous wrote:How do publicly funded charter schools get away with not providing the same information as DCPS? So frustrating

This is just for DCPS. If you want both DCPS and charter, you will need to wait till they get the charters data. Both come out together but it might be a few months.

Anonymous wrote:How do publicly funded charter schools get away with not providing the same information as DCPS? So frustrating

There it is! It took almost 2 whole pages for one of you to show up.

How do publicly funded charter schools get away with not providing the same information as DCPS? So frustrating

What's nice about the DCPS data is that it shows total applications so you can figure out how many people ranked another school higher (and got into it) by looking at total apps less total matched less total waitlist.

I hope this data is similarly available for charters.

Also of course - DCPS shows all the preferences - wish charters would also do this.

Anonymous wrote:Where is the data for the public charter schools?

I never found it for past years. I waited until the waitlist data came out, and then do a bit of reverse engineering. But not even that data breaks down sibling preferences (no geographical preferences, obviously).

Where is the data for the public charter schools?

Anonymous wrote:Why am I not seeing LAMB?

The released data is for DCPS only, not charters.

Why am I not seeing LAMB?

Anonymous wrote:OMG look at Garrison. 161 waitlisted for PK3. And to think they were trying to close it just a few years ago. And Seaton waitlisted 105.

Langley only waitlisted 14, probably because they offered 49 seats under Early Action. Why does Langley have a negative number for PK4?

I'm not seeing a negative. It looks like they waitlisted 10 in PK4 (8 matched throu EA). Unless I'm reading it wrong. They have strange match numbers (267% for PK4, and 147% for PK3) which I assume is related to having more kids match through early action than currently planned, but I don't know how they get to those numbers. I'm interested to see if they'll end up adding another class this year.