Anonymous
Post 04/01/2021 18:32     Subject: Lists are in-- Swami is ready!
Anonymous wrote:Seeing that I got mentioned in the Brookings report (cheers to being in a footnote!), I think it is time for my swami/seer/fortune teller self to pour a drink and make some predictions this evening before the results come out. We all know waitlist movement is my very favorite game to play.


So much better than my personal best. The Oprah Magazine, quoted. Twice!
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2021 18:31     Subject: Lists are in-- Swami is ready!
Anonymous wrote:PK4. Currently enrolled at our IB for pk3.

Stokes (S)
Stokes (F)
ITDS
Burroughs
LAMB-SD


LE say you'll get a great pull and get into LAMB-SD with an offer for Stokes French by mid-July. You'll get spooked about Stokes going back to school ever, but not as spooked as you'll get about the commute to Kingsbury in a few years. You'll join the team lobbying for a second DCI campus because you don't like your odds of getting one of Stokes' small allocation of spots.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2021 18:29     Subject: Re:Lists are in-- Swami is ready!
Anonymous wrote:Help Swami/Seer/Rabbit! For PreK3:

1) LAMB (South Dakota)
2) LAMB (Kingsbury)
3) Bruce Monroe (IB)
4) CMI (sibling preference)
5) DC Bilingual
6) Lee Montessori
7) MV- Calle Ocho
8) MV- JF Cook
9) MMBDA
10) Lee Montessori- East End


LS is pretty sure you weren't quite sure how the list making process really works around here. You'll get into BM but get spooked (yet again), so will submit a post-lottery application back to CMI. You still think a snack fridge for the teachers is ridiculous, even after a pandemic.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2021 18:27     Subject: Re:Lists are in-- Swami is ready!
Anonymous wrote:Hello, late to the party but here it goes:

PK3, no sibs

School within School
Cap Hill Montessori
Brent
Maury
Hyde Addison
Ludlow Taylor
Peabody
Amidon Bowen (in bound)
Appletree SW
Van Ness
Eagle- Cap Riverfront
Apple tree Lincoln Park



LS thinks a pandemic + swing space move will benefit you as you get into CHML on draw day. Your SWS waitlist number will look really good, but never really budge. Your kids class will have virtually no PK4 kids as Montessori zoom school has been an epic fail. You'll sign up for extra snack duty to overcompensate, and buy the regular apples, not the organic ones.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2021 18:24     Subject: Lists are in-- Swami is ready!
Anonymous wrote:Ok, I’ll play. 5th grade.

1. Latin
2. Basis

We are EOTP. Fully expecting to stay at our current DCPS school for 5th and applying for private in 6th.


LS thinks you will trudge through one more year and only go to school practice this weekend to hear everyone else's 5th grade results that you didn't already hear on MOTH. You aren't sure parochial is for you and wonder if this + pandemic means its time to make that big New England move that you've been wanting for years (but DH's not completely on board with)
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2021 18:20     Subject: Lists are in-- Swami is ready!
Ok, I’ll play. 5th grade.

1. Latin
2. Basis

We are EOTP. Fully expecting to stay at our current DCPS school for 5th and applying for private in 6th.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2021 16:55     Subject: Lists are in-- Swami is ready!
Anonymous wrote:For 9th:

1) Walls
2) Latin
3) DCI French
4) DCI Spanish
5) DCI Chinese
6) Banneker
7) Wilson
8) Cap City
9) Moving somewhere?
10) Got into no privates
11) What should I do?
12) Kinda freaking out


Not swami. DC will get into Banneker!
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2021 16:41     Subject: Lists are in-- Swami is ready!
Anonymous wrote:For 9th:

1) Walls
2) Latin
3) DCI French
4) DCI Spanish
5) DCI Chinese
6) Banneker
7) Wilson
8) Cap City
9) Moving somewhere?
10) Got into no privates
11) What should I do?
12) Kinda freaking out


LS says dust off the Duolingo, it's gonna be a rocky summer as you realize it is too late to get a Mandarin speaking aupair and you don't really want to move the Peloton out of the basement anyways.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2021 16:10     Subject: Lists are in-- Swami is ready!
For 9th:

1) Walls
2) Latin
3) DCI French
4) DCI Spanish
5) DCI Chinese
6) Banneker
7) Wilson
8) Cap City
9) Moving somewhere?
10) Got into no privates
11) What should I do?
12) Kinda freaking out
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2021 15:58     Subject: Lists are in-- Swami is ready!
Seeing that I got mentioned in the Brookings report (cheers to being in a footnote!), I think it is time for my swami/seer/fortune teller self to pour a drink and make some predictions this evening before the results come out. We all know waitlist movement is my very favorite game to play.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2021 10:05     Subject: Lists are in-- Swami is ready!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What really strikes me about this year is the absence of Langley boosters. What up Bloomingdale/Eckington? Are you all totally satisfied now?


tbh there is just an absence of any posts about lottery, when every other year there are about 100. this has to mean something. people just don't give a crap this year.


I give a crap! And ranked Langley for my PK4 kid (we are OOB, not sure we have a shot).

I actually avoided lottery threads last year because I was nervous about results before, and too disappointed after to read about all the people who got into one of their choice schools.

I would love if this thread actually returned to the subject of the lottery as I'm starting to get anxious about results next week and could use some idle chit chat on the matter to help me stay sane.

(I actually posted my list upthread and was one of the people who got a Swami response, but that was before the thread devolved into whatever this is)


I do think you have a chance at Langley, it's much easier for PK4. But it you are the PP currently at Miner, I am curious why you think Langley is better in a way that justifies the hell that is Dave Thomas Circle.


Bike, baby. It’s 15 minutes, mostly on the now protected bike lanes on FL Ave.


Ok but what makes Langley better than Miner? Not saying it's worse, but I just don't see much of a difference.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2021 09:52     Subject: Lists are in-- Swami is ready!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What really strikes me about this year is the absence of Langley boosters. What up Bloomingdale/Eckington? Are you all totally satisfied now?


tbh there is just an absence of any posts about lottery, when every other year there are about 100. this has to mean something. people just don't give a crap this year.


I give a crap! And ranked Langley for my PK4 kid (we are OOB, not sure we have a shot).

I actually avoided lottery threads last year because I was nervous about results before, and too disappointed after to read about all the people who got into one of their choice schools.

I would love if this thread actually returned to the subject of the lottery as I'm starting to get anxious about results next week and could use some idle chit chat on the matter to help me stay sane.

(I actually posted my list upthread and was one of the people who got a Swami response, but that was before the thread devolved into whatever this is)


I do think you have a chance at Langley, it's much easier for PK4. But it you are the PP currently at Miner, I am curious why you think Langley is better in a way that justifies the hell that is Dave Thomas Circle.


Bike, baby. It’s 15 minutes, mostly on the now protected bike lanes on FL Ave.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2021 09:44     Subject: Lists are in-- Swami is ready!
Anonymous wrote:Swami was so wrong with my list a few years ago.


Swami NAILED my list last year. Like in a totally scary way. S/he predicted DS's first acceptance, predicted how I would feel about it, and predicted which waitlist he'd get off of and even exactly WHEN. I'm a true believer.

I vote for Magic 8-Ball as the new name.
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2021 12:49     Subject: Lists are in-- Swami is ready!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What really strikes me about this year is the absence of Langley boosters. What up Bloomingdale/Eckington? Are you all totally satisfied now?


tbh there is just an absence of any posts about lottery, when every other year there are about 100. this has to mean something. people just don't give a crap this year.


I give a crap! And ranked Langley for my PK4 kid (we are OOB, not sure we have a shot).

I actually avoided lottery threads last year because I was nervous about results before, and too disappointed after to read about all the people who got into one of their choice schools.

I would love if this thread actually returned to the subject of the lottery as I'm starting to get anxious about results next week and could use some idle chit chat on the matter to help me stay sane.

(I actually posted my list upthread and was one of the people who got a Swami response, but that was before the thread devolved into whatever this is)


Ooooh, would you all like some Langley boosting? Well, here I am. You want to make sure your kid gets to play on a rainy day? We don't have one gym, we've got two! You want your kid to stop screaming their head off?! Well, no guarantees but conscious discipline is amazing and has really moved us in the right direction. Our teachers -- they are truly dedicated and terrific!! The garden, it's magically delicious! We've got all your fieldtrips right here. The community is so close and caring. You'll love it! I can't speak for others, but I have been preoccupied with the DCPS twitter accounts to try to decipher what guidance will be in place for next year, but if you want some boosting I'm here for you

And to the poster hoping to get in at PK4, I'm sure you will as class size goes up. See you in the garden dig pit


Fine work, PP! I too find Langley to be delightful. Conscious Discipline has transformed my son from a wild wildebeest to merely a domesticated wildebeest. I do love the auditorium and all the performances they bring in for the kids. And things have been pretty good in the pandemic, I don't know that we would be more satisfied with the reopening process at any other school.
Anonymous
Post 03/26/2021 12:34     Subject: Lists are in-- Swami is ready!
Can I be the new oracle? I have some experience with tarot and doing readings of differing energies from the future.