Anonymous
04/04/2018 13:36
Subject: waitlist on all 12 choices??how so??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:All of the families IB for great schools who either do not have or can’t get into PK3/4 and are crying about the unfairness of it all need to get some perspective. Having a quality k-12 path ahead of you is 100X more important than either paying for or driving to free preschool. You don’t see this now because your child is young, but trust us old timers when we tell you to can it. You are in a position of great privilege.
Yeah, those parents sticking it out in Shaw with their million dollar rowhomes and sending their kids to private are really underprivileged...
You do realiz that most of us EOTP are not in this position, right? The median HOUSEHOLD income in DC is 75K a year.
So move to a condo? Otherwise what are you going to do?
Don’t worry about me. I’ll figure out something. But if you think most people in this city can afford private easily you are truly out of touch.
I mean you're making a lot of assumptions about me, but okay.
Most of the EOTP families I know could afford to move WOTP but don't because they think it's too sleepy over here. Annoying to then listen to them complain about the lottery.
As someone who theoretically could afford something in WOTP but chose EOTP for many personal, professional, and financial reasons, I think this is a bit unfair. Perhaps many people here in the DCUM are too entitled, including my spouse and me, in our hope that lottery works out because we're concerned about the IB. But we tried to be smart, and included schools other than the most popular and are very happy we got into a school we like yet that was realistic. Ultimately, people are complaining because demand has for exceeded supply in terms of schools parents are comfortable with. Whether you fault the system or the parents for not trusting neighborhood schools is kind of irrelevant -- fact is many do not, and many look desperately to the lottery to achieve the balances they want in their life, whatever they may be. The lottery understandably causes a lot of stress for everyone, and I think we all should be a bit more understanding. That said, I think OP's complaints here come off as particularly entitled. OP included only popular schools, no safeties, and is surprised about striking out. Further, as others remarked, OP is fine for the long-term -- it was just about free pre-k. Sure, it would be great that there truly was universal, wonderful PK3-12 in D.C., all walking difference from everyone's home. But that just isn't the case, and so folks should try to edit themselves from whining when, overall, they're in good shape when others face bigger challenges (whether that is sending their kid to a school they're worried about, feeling like they have to move from a neighborhood they love, and so on).
Both entitled.
Your only friends are rich, poster A. Sure, they're whining is also annoying, but I wish some folks on this board would just step outside their "UMC" (="UC" actually) bubbles just once.
You're whining when you are IB for one of the top DCPS, poster OP.
Anonymous
04/04/2018 13:27
Subject: Re:waitlist on all 12 choices??how so??
Anonymous wrote:Lots of reports from fellow Petworth families of folks being waitlisted at IBs this year. The Petworth baby boom is in full effect.
Pssshhh, been that way since 2013.
Anonymous
03/31/2018 18:06
Subject: Re:waitlist on all 12 choices??how so??
Anonymous wrote:MKDGoodman wrote:I was disapointed when I saw my list, but I guess I should be grateful that my daughter got in somewhere, and our numbers aren't that bad in comparison.
PreK3:
School Without Walls #26
Marie Reed #51
Hyde-Addison #21
HD Cooke #15
Ross #45
Cleveland... Match
Are you kidding? #26 at SWS means you had a fantastic #! DD was 200+ at SWS and still got in somewhere...
School Without Walls @ Francis Stevens not School Within a School.
Anonymous
03/30/2018 20:16
Subject: Re:waitlist on all 12 choices??how so??
I think this wotp-eotp distinction is a bit too overblown.
you may live in a 1 br leased apartment in Ward 3 cuz it's close to work and have a lesser median hhi, while there are tons of folks who live in 1-2 million USD homes in and around Shaw.
not everything is so black and white...
that means every DC resident should have a shot on free PK3, regardless of wards.
you may live in a 1 br leased apartment in Ward 3 cuz it's close to work and have a lesser median hhi, while there are tons of folks who live in 1-2 million USD homes in and around Shaw.
not everything is so black and white...
that means every DC resident should have a shot on free PK3, regardless of wards.
Anonymous
03/30/2018 16:57
Subject: waitlist on all 12 choices??how so??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:All of the families IB for great schools who either do not have or can’t get into PK3/4 and are crying about the unfairness of it all need to get some perspective. Having a quality k-12 path ahead of you is 100X more important than either paying for or driving to free preschool. You don’t see this now because your child is young, but trust us old timers when we tell you to can it. You are in a position of great privilege.
Yeah, those parents sticking it out in Shaw with their million dollar rowhomes and sending their kids to private are really underprivileged...
You do realiz that most of us EOTP are not in this position, right? The median HOUSEHOLD income in DC is 75K a year.
So move to a condo? Otherwise what are you going to do?
Don’t worry about me. I’ll figure out something. But if you think most people in this city can afford private easily you are truly out of touch.
I mean you're making a lot of assumptions about me, but okay.
Most of the EOTP families I know could afford to move WOTP but don't because they think it's too sleepy over here. Annoying to then listen to them complain about the lottery.
wrong. I also dont believe you live Eotp. I actually do live here and send my kid to our IB even though I dont want to. Not all of us can afford a million dollar plus shitty house in AU park or further and the cost of an additional car for community purposes.
If someone can afford a million dollar rowhouse in Shaw, they can also afford a house in AU Park. That was the point, not that everyone can afford it. And they won't need a second car for commuting anymore than a resident of Shaw - AU Park is right on the metro.
Anonymous
03/30/2018 16:53
Subject: waitlist on all 12 choices??how so??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:All of the families IB for great schools who either do not have or can’t get into PK3/4 and are crying about the unfairness of it all need to get some perspective. Having a quality k-12 path ahead of you is 100X more important than either paying for or driving to free preschool. You don’t see this now because your child is young, but trust us old timers when we tell you to can it. You are in a position of great privilege.
Yeah, those parents sticking it out in Shaw with their million dollar rowhomes and sending their kids to private are really underprivileged...
You do realiz that most of us EOTP are not in this position, right? The median HOUSEHOLD income in DC is 75K a year.
So move to a condo? Otherwise what are you going to do?
Don’t worry about me. I’ll figure out something. But if you think most people in this city can afford private easily you are truly out of touch.
I mean you're making a lot of assumptions about me, but okay.
Most of the EOTP families I know could afford to move WOTP but don't because they think it's too sleepy over here. Annoying to then listen to them complain about the lottery.
wrong. I also dont believe you live Eotp. I actually do live here and send my kid to our IB even though I dont want to. Not all of us can afford a million dollar plus shitty house in AU park or further and the cost of an additional car for community purposes.
I don't live EOTP and never said I did.
Anonymous
03/30/2018 16:41
Subject: Re:waitlist on all 12 choices??how so??
Anonymous wrote:Lots of reports from fellow Petworth families of folks being waitlisted at IBs this year. The Petworth baby boom is in full effect.
Yup this happened to me! Waitlisted at my inbound and all the close by DCPS, many of which had no waitlist last year.
Anonymous
03/30/2018 16:11
Subject: Re:waitlist on all 12 choices??how so??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We also didn't get into any school.
Both my PK3 and K children are waitlisted on all our options.
My K has no chance of getting in anywhere and my PK3 has waitlist position #12 for Creative Minds, which I'm hoping this means we have an actual shot of getting in...but who knows?
How can you not get into K? what's your IB?
Sorry, I meant my K didn't get into any of our 12 picks using the lottery (mostly bilingual schools since I'm Latina). We do have Eaton as in boundary so that's where she's going to go...
Your IB is EATON and you're COMPLAINING about your Ker not getting anywhere?!!?! Are you f*cking kidding? Most people lotterying would kill to have their IB ES be Eaton...
NP. The PP is Latina and is seeking language immersion. Just like tons of people on the other side of the park. I get that you envy her privilege of a great IB, but there is nothing wrong with her being frustrated that she didn't get into the type of school she thinks is best for her kid. Just because others have it worse doesn't mean she can't vent.
Of course she can vent. She just sounds like a whiner--personally, I would keep that kind of disappointment to myself. If she really wants immersion she can move IB for Oyster--because if you can afford to live IB for Eaton, you can afford to live IB for Oyster.