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Anonymous wrote:Keep the faith, OP. Years ago, Ms. Bright was still around, my dc was in the 30s on pk4 waitlist with a sibling preference. The week before school started I got the call he got a spot.

Things have changed radically though. This year the school is expected to be around 850 kids with 6 classes of 2,1, and K graders. Not that OP shouldn't hope, but I don't think she can be assured it will work out.

Are they trying for 7 K classes? I heard something about it being the biggest K class ever and trying qualify for another teacher/classroom? Or did they bump it back to 5 and trying for 6 again?

The former.

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Anonymous wrote:Keep the faith, OP. Years ago, Ms. Bright was still around, my dc was in the 30s on pk4 waitlist with a sibling preference. The week before school started I got the call he got a spot.

Things have changed radically though. This year the school is expected to be around 850 kids with 6 classes of 2,1, and K graders. Not that OP shouldn't hope, but I don't think she can be assured it will work out.

Are they trying for 7 K classes? I heard something about it being the biggest K class ever and trying qualify for another teacher/classroom? Or did they bump it back to 5 and trying for 6 again?

Anonymous wrote:Keep the faith, OP. Years ago, Ms. Bright was still around, my dc was in the 30s on pk4 waitlist with a sibling preference. The week before school started I got the call he got a spot.

Things have changed radically though. This year the school is expected to be around 850 kids with 6 classes of 2,1, and K graders. Not that OP shouldn't hope, but I don't think she can be assured it will work out.

Keep the faith, OP. Years ago, Ms. Bright was still around, my dc was in the 30s on pk4 waitlist with a sibling preference. The week before school started I got the call he got a spot.

*chances, not changes.

Clear information about how the lottery works is readily available. It's a pretty simply process to understand.

Ranking a school that you're unlikely to get into or that never has room for OOB students (like Oyster) above your IB school has no impact on whether you'll get into your IB school, as long as your IB is somewhere on your list.

You can say it's a wasted spot, sure, but it doesn't impact your chances of getting into your IB school. The only thing that impacts your changes of getting into your IB school is whether it typically has room for non-siblings, and if so, what your master lottery number is.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Wow. How about the kids who were below me on the wait list- #1 through 16? They just got lucky enough to squeeze in before the new people moved into the neighborhood. That's my only issue.

And you're lucky enough to afford a house in bounds for Lafayette and by next year you'll be guaranteed a spot there. You know who's really not lucky? People whose DCPS is failing by every measure and repeatedly get terrible lottery draws, so they don't get any decent charter as an alternative.

This too shall pass.

This. OP, if free preschool were so important to you, you could have bought in any number of school zones. You didn't. And I'm guessing there is a reason for that.

Or put some realistic options on your list of schools, for the event that you get a bad master number.

Everyone knows you have 0 chance at Oyster for PreK unless your are Spanish Speaking. Why would you even waste a spot on your lottery card for it if your 1st choice is your neighborhood school. You can whine that you did not get in anywhere - but it is like only applying to the IVYs with average marks and saying you were shut out.

Wait, does listing a school you won't get in (Oyster) above your inbounds school decrease your chances for the inbound school?!?!?

Serious question. I have looked hard to find info about the algorithm - and haven't been able to answer this question.

No, and that is not what the PP suggested. What she meant is that there is no point to put OA on your list at all, since they don't take English-dominant OOB students. Furthermore, any competitive school is almost pointless to list if your first choice is your IB, because a number that would get you into a very competitive school would also get you into your IB, so if your IB is your first preference, you'll get in there and fall off all other waitlists. The only scenario in which this wouldn't be true is if your IB school only has room for siblings.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Wow. How about the kids who were below me on the wait list- #1 through 16? They just got lucky enough to squeeze in before the new people moved into the neighborhood. That's my only issue.

And you're lucky enough to afford a house in bounds for Lafayette and by next year you'll be guaranteed a spot there. You know who's really not lucky? People whose DCPS is failing by every measure and repeatedly get terrible lottery draws, so they don't get any decent charter as an alternative.

This too shall pass.

This. OP, if free preschool were so important to you, you could have bought in any number of school zones. You didn't. And I'm guessing there is a reason for that.

Or put some realistic options on your list of schools, for the event that you get a bad master number.

Everyone knows you have 0 chance at Oyster for PreK unless your are Spanish Speaking. Why would you even waste a spot on your lottery card for it if your 1st choice is your neighborhood school. You can whine that you did not get in anywhere - but it is like only applying to the IVYs with average marks and saying you were shut out.

Wait, does listing a school you won't get in (Oyster) above your inbounds school decrease your chances for the inbound school?!?!?

Serious question. I have looked hard to find info about the algorithm - and haven't been able to answer this question.

No it doesn’t.