Anonymous wrote:Basis #111 for 5th grade

Swami things the BASIS list isn't going to race through for 5th as it has in the past.

Anonymous wrote:I’m literally floored!!! Matched at Yu Ying for prek4

Waitlisted as follows: #23 for DC Bilingual
#5 for Stokes French (Brookland)
#10 for Stokes Spanish (Brookland)

Yu Ying was our 4th choice. I’m over the hill happy!!!!

Swami sense you aren't so sure about Yu ying now that it is happening, and will get in Stokes French, enrolling happily

Anonymous wrote:PreK3

JO Wilson- #56

And maybe just confirm what I know that #102 is impossible for Two Rivers Young?

Swami says put AT Oklahoma on your list.

Anonymous wrote:PK-4 Janney

Waitlist #1

Swami assumes you've already enrolled while I was on my trip

Anonymous wrote:Kinder

Cap city 61
Stokes Spanish 20
IT 91

Swami says if Stokes Brookland, seek other options now.

Anonymous wrote:Stokes Spanish Brookland (Eng dominant) PK3 - #37
West Education PK3 - #31
Cap City PK3 - #19

(not bothering to post Mundo Verde, DC Bilingual, etc which I know we won’t get into at this point)

Currently have a spot in Shining Stars

Swami hates to clarify, but Stokes doesn't have an Eng dominant preference. You will end up close, maybe with a cigar on Cap City... but that's all. You will try to get in the SSMA Spanish classroom.

Anonymous wrote:Ludlow-Taylor (IB) #13

Swami, assuming PK3, says you will be in by late July

Anonymous wrote:Mundo Verde - 588 for Pk3? ;D

Swami says your pull for SY1920 is going to be awesome, and you will have a great year at Langley. But just one year.

Anonymous wrote:Stoke BK Spanish - 31
DC BI - 44
MV - 70

Matched at Inspired and waitlist #6 at Lamb
Thoughts?! Thank you!

Swami says if PK3, you will be in LAMB, if not, you will stay and enjoy ITS... and lottery for immersion again next year.

Anonymous wrote:27 at SSMA for K?

Swami says you'll get in, but won't take it.

Anonymous wrote:Ok, my kid must have pulled a crazy good master number
For kindergarten
Matched at Sela
#6 Lafayette
#4 Murch
# 8 Cap City

Swami wonders.... what your list looked like, and knows you are regretting not putting some other schools on there. Swami says yes for Cap City and Murch (LATE in the game on the latter)

Anonymous wrote:5th Latin- 143
BASIS- 11

I know. I know...ha ha ha!

Swami is late to the game, but says you will be in BASIS ASAP if you aren't already.

^ Thank you. I can admit when I am wrong and this is a case in which I might be wrong.

I thought about it a lot since I posted and, you know, the response I was looking for was "Hm. I didn't realize your ward didn't have any immersion programs. That's bullshit. How can I help" instead of just flinging a name of one school, no where near where I live, as though that means I do have access. Or giving me data about applications to that school making it seem like there is no demand when I know myself and my neighbors and we didn't apply because we aren't able to drive an hour round trip to get our children there or, in some cases, they don't have a car and can't spend an hour and 30 minutes on bus routes to get there.

I shouldn't be surprised but I was hoping people here would ask how they can advocate for us instead of trying to make it seem like we do have access when we really don't.

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Anonymous wrote:This should highlight the lack of language immersion EOTR.

Houston Elementary is a DCPS immersion school EOTR.

Are you seriously saying that having one program east of the river isn’t lacking? ONE PROGRAM. From where I live in ward 8, that is over a 30 minute drive or over an hour and a half on public transit.

Quoting myself because I really want PP to come back and defend their response that Houston elementary and stokes ee are immersion programs and how that's good enough for two large wards.

NP— PP just named a language immersion school EOTR, but didn’t say anything about that being “good enough.” Not sure what you want them to defend.

You're right. Maybe I did some mental gymnastics to get there but the response of the name of one dcps elementary school to my "This should high light the lack of language immersion EOTR" caught me off guard.

1) I am educated enough to know Houston elementary has language immersion and educated enough to know it's on this side of the river. However, naming one school an hour and 30 minutes public transit ride away shouldn't be a solution. Especially compared to the accessibility of WOTR.

2) Naming one school EOTR to my comment, to me, is still highlighting the lack of programs. Maybe PP didn't mean it that way but it came across as "but you have Houston elementary" and I would challenge anyone saying that's enough.

My apologies if I was out of line but I have a feeling that's what they meant. They are welcome to come back and say that isn't how they meant it though.

PP- thanks for explaining. Makes sense. I don’t think you were out of line, but I do think the fact that you offered your apologies in case you were makes you a rarity on this board. I appreciate your civility.

But, again, Houston is over an hour and a half on public transit from my house. So no wonder why ward 8 families didn’t apply.