Anonymous
Post 03/30/2018 08:29     Subject: What time today?
Anonymous wrote:
NathanBacaABC7 wrote:We'd like to talk to parents disappointed with the lottery results and thinking about the next step for their children's education. Please email me at ndbaca@sbgtv.com. We're hoping to interview some parents at home or work by this afternoon.


Why not speak to parents who are happy as well? #bias


How is that biased? The parents who are gnashing their teeth and vowing to take their tax dollars to the suburbs make for a better story.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2018 08:27     Subject: Re:What time today?
Anonymous wrote:They matched me for my number 3 spot but took the liberty to “Nit Waitlisted” me for schools 4 thru 12. I don’t understand.


That's why you rank in preference order. If you get matched at a school you preferred more, you don't get waitlisted at the ones below
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2018 08:27     Subject: Re:What time today?
Anonymous wrote:They matched me for my number 3 spot but took the liberty to “Nit Waitlisted” me for schools 4 thru 12. I don’t understand.


Nope. You got into your #3. Everything below that drops off. That’s how this works.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2018 08:27     Subject: Re:What time today?
Anonymous wrote:They matched me for my number 3 spot but took the liberty to “Nit Waitlisted” me for schools 4 thru 12. I don’t understand.


Because the schools listed below the one you matched with get dropped off your list. This is how the lottery is supposed to work. You should still be waitlisted for schools 1&2.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2018 08:27     Subject: What time today?
NathanBacaABC7 wrote:We'd like to talk to parents disappointed with the lottery results and thinking about the next step for their children's education. Please email me at ndbaca@sbgtv.com. We're hoping to interview some parents at home or work by this afternoon.


Why not speak to parents who are happy as well? #bias
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2018 08:27     Subject: Re:What time today?
Anonymous wrote:They matched me for my number 3 spot but took the liberty to “Nit Waitlisted” me for schools 4 thru 12. I don’t understand.


That's how it's supposed to work. Review the FAQ.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2018 08:26     Subject: Re:What time today?
WL 90 at el Haynes for pk3. Any chance?
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2018 08:26     Subject: Re:What time today?
They matched me for my number 3 spot but took the liberty to “Nit Waitlisted” me for schools 4 thru 12. I don’t understand.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2018 08:25     Subject: What time today?
NathanBacaABC7 wrote:We'd like to talk to parents disappointed with the lottery results and thinking about the next step for their children's education. Please email me at ndbaca@sbgtv.com. We're hoping to interview some parents at home or work by this afternoon.


Only disappointed parents?
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2018 08:22     Subject: What time today?
Anonymous wrote:We matched at Stokes EE for French. Our top choice is Yu Ying and we are number 28 on the waitlist. Is it worth waiting to see if we gain any traction at Yu Ying?


Well our kids will be classmates lol
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2018 08:21     Subject: What time today?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Got a terrible lottery number. I guess this means my family will be moving out of the DC area. Don't want to live in the suburbs, don't want to put our kid in the kind of school we just got.

how do you know you got a terrible lottery #?


We're deep (well into the triple digits) on the waiting list at every halfway decent school we put down.


Theres no public pk3 in the burbs


Not everyone is playing the lottery for pk3, the poster could be looking for middle or high school.


Yup today will be a popular day for the MD/VA boards too
NathanBacaABC7
Post 03/30/2018 08:18     Subject: What time today?
We'd like to talk to parents disappointed with the lottery results and thinking about the next step for their children's education. Please email me at ndbaca@sbgtv.com. We're hoping to interview some parents at home or work by this afternoon.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2018 08:18     Subject: What time today?
Anonymous wrote:We matched at Stokes EE for French. Our top choice is Yu Ying and we are number 28 on the waitlist. Is it worth waiting to see if we gain any traction at Yu Ying?


You don't lose WL spots if you enroll elsewhere lower on your list. (ie, if you get into your #7 school, you stay on the WL for your #1-#6 school)
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2018 08:17     Subject: Re:What time today?
Do you know if there has been a year when Lafayette did not take anyone off waitlist? Just know pk-4 is hard to get into there.
Anonymous
Post 03/30/2018 08:17     Subject: Re:What time today?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Got into Shining Stars PK3, and we have waitlists in the 30s for pretty much all the Spanish bilinguals except Mundo Verde (#70). It looks like based off of last year’s data, there’s a chance of us getting into Stokes - Brookland?
But

Last year Stokes went to 9 by October. So maybe -- the new campus adds a little uncertainty (will families that have younger siblings who would go to PK3 next year transfer to East End).





Yikes, we're #12 WL at Stokes. It would be a bummer if we weren't close enough!