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Anonymous wrote:The results are up.

Does anyone know if #1 starts with kids accepted or with the #1 spot on the wait list?

If I recall correctly, last year, the list is total lottery pull (excluding siblings), so if there are four pk4 slots, they went to numbers 1-4 on that list.

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Anonymous wrote:The results are up.

Does anyone know if #1 starts with kids accepted or with the #1 spot on the wait list?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a current LAMB parent, and I wouldn't let the situation keep you from accepting a spot at LAMB. Similar situations have occurred at Beauvoir, GDS, Sidwell, Oyster, etc. LAMB is a fantastic school where one bad apple did a very bad thing. If anything, the situation makes me questions the MPD's investigative skills. However, I'm even willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. The problem with these predators is that they're very sneaky. Also, LAMB is doing a total review of its policies due to this incident. I'm sure that by next school year it will be one of the safest schools (just like flying on an airline after one of its planes crashed).

My sincerest sympathy for the nightmare you are probably experiencing as a parent. My concerns with the organizational skills and communication from the admin team at LAMB pre-dated the incident.

A train wreck analogy would have been more appropriate. The predator situation is being handled very poorly and parents' morale is very poor as a result. The plea deal the accused will likely receive (that's being orchestrated by his high power attorney as we speak) has furthered our distress. The school has been slow to respond, dishonest (they lied about a prior investigation) and sadly the robust open communication necessary to move things forward is happening on DCUM- not on the parent list-serve or at the school. Because many parents are considering pulling their kids out, you'll find many people cheerleading the school so that more people enroll. There's lots of the "admin. is fixing policies, etc... to make the school safe". If this is happening you won't hear about that at the school. There have been "workshops" set up, which I will not attend based upon the draconian process of the trainwreck town hall. So, if you consider enrolling you child (and I know many won't be deterred due to lack of choice in the city) do so with eyes wide open and readiness to go to bat for your child.

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Anonymous wrote:The results are up.

Does anyone know if #1 starts with kids accepted or with the #1 spot on the wait list?

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Anonymous wrote:I was at the live lottery today as well and my pk3 kiddo got a number in the high 70s. The guy said this was a good number since they got to around 100 on the list last year.
I'm skeptical that anyone with a number in the 70s (or 60s) or above will get a spot. Thoughts?

I wouldn't hold my breath. Since they don't participate in My School DC the list doesn't get "cleaned" of students that prefer another school more and get matched there. It is hard to say how far they will go in their list, and the historical data isn't available like it is for MSDC schools.

i think 60s and 70s sounds right. The list can move fast if they hit a run of kids who decline or have left town. It's very hard to say, though.

+1. All you can do is wait though.

Or declin or transfer because they realize the school's admin has really bungled this latest criminal and PR issue

I don't know of a single person leaving or transferring.

I do know that the consensus at lamb is that most of the people posting hateful things about the school don't actually send children there.

People will likely not make leave or transfer decisions until after he common lottery, no?

But this scandal broke after the MSDC timeline, so if they are less than K and/or their IB is a non-starter, families who want to move may be screwed

No. Manolo was arrested on Feb 24. Lottery deadline was March 2.

Right, but the scandal didn't really get legs until after the lottery deadline.

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Anonymous wrote:I was at the live lottery today as well and my pk3 kiddo got a number in the high 70s. The guy said this was a good number since they got to around 100 on the list last year.
I'm skeptical that anyone with a number in the 70s (or 60s) or above will get a spot. Thoughts?

I wouldn't hold my breath. Since they don't participate in My School DC the list doesn't get "cleaned" of students that prefer another school more and get matched there. It is hard to say how far they will go in their list, and the historical data isn't available like it is for MSDC schools.

i think 60s and 70s sounds right. The list can move fast if they hit a run of kids who decline or have left town. It's very hard to say, though.

+1. All you can do is wait though.

Or declin or transfer because they realize the school's admin has really bungled this latest criminal and PR issue

I don't know of a single person leaving or transferring.

I do know that the consensus at lamb is that most of the people posting hateful things about the school don't actually send children there.

People will likely not make leave or transfer decisions until after he common lottery, no?

But this scandal broke after the MSDC timeline, so if they are less than K and/or their IB is a non-starter, families who want to move may be screwed

No. Manolo was arrested on Feb 24. Lottery deadline was March 2.

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Anonymous wrote:I was at the live lottery today as well and my pk3 kiddo got a number in the high 70s. The guy said this was a good number since they got to around 100 on the list last year.
I'm skeptical that anyone with a number in the 70s (or 60s) or above will get a spot. Thoughts?

I wouldn't hold my breath. Since they don't participate in My School DC the list doesn't get "cleaned" of students that prefer another school more and get matched there. It is hard to say how far they will go in their list, and the historical data isn't available like it is for MSDC schools.

i think 60s and 70s sounds right. The list can move fast if they hit a run of kids who decline or have left town. It's very hard to say, though.

+1. All you can do is wait though.

Or declin or transfer because they realize the school's admin has really bungled this latest criminal and PR issue

I don't know of a single person leaving or transferring.

I do know that the consensus at lamb is that most of the people posting hateful things about the school don't actually send children there.

People will likely not make leave or transfer decisions until after he common lottery, no?

But this scandal broke after the MSDC timeline, so if they are less than K and/or their IB is a non-starter, families who want to move may be screwed

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Anonymous wrote:I was at the live lottery today as well and my pk3 kiddo got a number in the high 70s. The guy said this was a good number since they got to around 100 on the list last year.
I'm skeptical that anyone with a number in the 70s (or 60s) or above will get a spot. Thoughts?

I wouldn't hold my breath. Since they don't participate in My School DC the list doesn't get "cleaned" of students that prefer another school more and get matched there. It is hard to say how far they will go in their list, and the historical data isn't available like it is for MSDC schools.

i think 60s and 70s sounds right. The list can move fast if they hit a run of kids who decline or have left town. It's very hard to say, though.

+1. All you can do is wait though.

Or declin or transfer because they realize the school's admin has really bungled this latest criminal and PR issue

I don't know of a single person leaving or transferring.

I do know that the consensus at lamb is that most of the people posting hateful things about the school don't actually send children there.

People will likely not make leave or transfer decisions until after he common lottery, no?

But this scandal broke after the MSDC timeline, so if they are less than K and/or their IB is a non-starter, families who want to move may be screwed

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Anonymous wrote:I was at the live lottery today as well and my pk3 kiddo got a number in the high 70s. The guy said this was a good number since they got to around 100 on the list last year.
I'm skeptical that anyone with a number in the 70s (or 60s) or above will get a spot. Thoughts?

I wouldn't hold my breath. Since they don't participate in My School DC the list doesn't get "cleaned" of students that prefer another school more and get matched there. It is hard to say how far they will go in their list, and the historical data isn't available like it is for MSDC schools.

i think 60s and 70s sounds right. The list can move fast if they hit a run of kids who decline or have left town. It's very hard to say, though.

+1. All you can do is wait though.

Or declin or transfer because they realize the school's admin has really bungled this latest criminal and PR issue

I don't know of a single person leaving or transferring.

I do know that the consensus at lamb is that most of the people posting hateful things about the school don't actually send children there.

People will likely not make leave or transfer decisions until after he common lottery, no?

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Anonymous wrote:I was at the live lottery today as well and my pk3 kiddo got a number in the high 70s. The guy said this was a good number since they got to around 100 on the list last year.
I'm skeptical that anyone with a number in the 70s (or 60s) or above will get a spot. Thoughts?

I wouldn't hold my breath. Since they don't participate in My School DC the list doesn't get "cleaned" of students that prefer another school more and get matched there. It is hard to say how far they will go in their list, and the historical data isn't available like it is for MSDC schools.

i think 60s and 70s sounds right. The list can move fast if they hit a run of kids who decline or have left town. It's very hard to say, though.

+1. All you can do is wait though.

Or declin or transfer because they realize the school's admin has really bungled this latest criminal and PR issue

I don't know of a single person leaving or transferring.

I do know that the consensus at lamb is that most of the people posting hateful things about the school don't actually send children there.

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Anonymous wrote:I was at the live lottery today as well and my pk3 kiddo got a number in the high 70s. The guy said this was a good number since they got to around 100 on the list last year.
I'm skeptical that anyone with a number in the 70s (or 60s) or above will get a spot. Thoughts?

I wouldn't hold my breath. Since they don't participate in My School DC the list doesn't get "cleaned" of students that prefer another school more and get matched there. It is hard to say how far they will go in their list, and the historical data isn't available like it is for MSDC schools.

i think 60s and 70s sounds right. The list can move fast if they hit a run of kids who decline or have left town. It's very hard to say, though.

+1. All you can do is wait though.

Or declin or transfer because they realize the school's admin has really bungled this latest criminal and PR issue