Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 14:29     Subject: post your PK3 application lists here!
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:EoTp parent-this is what I am pretty sure I am listing for PS3

CMI
ITS
Lee
Breakthrough
Yu Ying
Bruce Monroe (IB)
Bridges
Cap City

And putting Stokes in there somehwere too.


Forgot about El Haynes-that may actually be 3rd on my list.


That's a solid, reasonable list. Even with a terrible number, you'll get into your IB, Bruce Monroe.
Bridges is a very good shot this year as well, though ranking it below your IB will knock it out of the running.
Stokes is very likely a nonstarter for non siblings again.


I was kind of wondering where to rank BM as my IB. I am thinking a lot of EotP parents may list BM as their "safety" school since its in the neighborhood and immersion, so I guess its possible that even with preference I could not get in if its ranked wrong and I get a really crappy lottery number.




Bear in mind the level of instruction is different at schools that are immersion-by-design (LAMB, Mundo Verde, Oyster, Stokes) and immersion-by-default (Bancroft, BM, Powell). Parents who aren't literate in their native language probably don't have the same expectations of achievement that you do.


agreed and that is my hesitation on BM for anything beyond PS. It really is a nice school, nice facilities and classes. but I just can't ignore the achievement gap that is inevitable at this school.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 14:27     Subject: post your PK3 application lists here!
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:EoTp parent-this is what I am pretty sure I am listing for PS3

CMI
ITS
Lee
Breakthrough
Yu Ying
Bruce Monroe (IB)
Bridges
Cap City

And putting Stokes in there somehwere too.


Forgot about El Haynes-that may actually be 3rd on my list.


That's a solid, reasonable list. Even with a terrible number, you'll get into your IB, Bruce Monroe.
Bridges is a very good shot this year as well, though ranking it below your IB will knock it out of the running.
Stokes is very likely a nonstarter for non siblings again.


I was kind of wondering where to rank BM as my IB. I am thinking a lot of EotP parents may list BM as their "safety" school since its in the neighborhood and immersion, so I guess its possible that even with preference I could not get in if its ranked wrong and I get a really crappy lottery number.


Only if your number is worse than every other person who lives IB for BM -- and if there are more of IB families who apply than slots available.

Random EOTP people with overall lottery numbers better than you will not get into BM ahead of anyone who lives in the boundary and lists it as a choice.




There's no benefit to ranking BM anywhere other than last. You can always leave a more desirable school (Bridges, Haynes, Stokes) for BM, but not vice versa. Once you're stuck with BM, your stuck, period.


That's incorrect. If she gets matched with Bridges, she will not be waitlisted for her IB ranked below, and cannot "leave" for it until K. List schools according to the order you would prefer to attend them.



Exactly. She could have BM for Kindergarten if one of the higher-ranked schools didn't work out. Otoh, if she chooses a BM (or similar) and loses out on a higher-ranked school, she may not get another chance.


Im the BM poster and this sums up my issues. If I knew I could switch to a better school in K or 1st, I would gladly send my kid to BM because its good enough for preschool, good language exposure and convenient. But any chance of getting into a better school is mostl likely to happen now and not in two years. I feel like this is the year to get in somewhere for the long haul (and in DC "long haul" means through 4th grade if we are lucky). I still don't think I will put BM last, but it will move out of my top 5.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 14:25     Subject: Re:post your PK3 application lists here!
ITS
Shepherd (IB)
CMI
Bridges
DCB
Ross
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 14:24     Subject: post your PK3 application lists here!
You asked for EOTP; how about EOTR: Randle-Highlands parent

How would you rank:

AppleTree Early Learning PCS – Lincoln Park
Payne Elementary School
Miner Elementary School

Seeking advice for ordering schools towards the bottom of my list. I understand AppleTree implements a more rigid school day - which I'm not crazy about for my child. However, setting aside my layman's view on ed policy, I would rank it as a better school that Payne or Miner. Additionally, selecting AppleTree just delays the ultimate decision of DCPS/Charter or private with the presumption being that a DCPS/Charter other than R-H would have room for my daughter.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 14:21     Subject: post your PK3 application lists here!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:EoTp parent-this is what I am pretty sure I am listing for PS3

CMI
ITS
Lee
Breakthrough
Yu Ying
Bruce Monroe (IB)
Bridges
Cap City

And putting Stokes in there somehwere too.


Forgot about El Haynes-that may actually be 3rd on my list.


That's a solid, reasonable list. Even with a terrible number, you'll get into your IB, Bruce Monroe.
Bridges is a very good shot this year as well, though ranking it below your IB will knock it out of the running.
Stokes is very likely a nonstarter for non siblings again.


I was kind of wondering where to rank BM as my IB. I am thinking a lot of EotP parents may list BM as their "safety" school since its in the neighborhood and immersion, so I guess its possible that even with preference I could not get in if its ranked wrong and I get a really crappy lottery number.


Only if your number is worse than every other person who lives IB for BM -- and if there are more of IB families who apply than slots available.

Random EOTP people with overall lottery numbers better than you will not get into BM ahead of anyone who lives in the boundary and lists it as a choice.




There's no benefit to ranking BM anywhere other than last. You can always leave a more desirable school (Bridges, Haynes, Stokes) for BM, but not vice versa. Once you're stuck with BM, your stuck, period.


That's incorrect. If she gets matched with Bridges, she will not be waitlisted for her IB ranked below, and cannot "leave" for it until K. List schools according to the order you would prefer to attend them.



Exactly. She could have BM for Kindergarten if one of the higher-ranked schools didn't work out. Otoh, if she chooses a BM (or similar) and loses out on a higher-ranked school, she may not get another chance.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 14:17     Subject: post your PK3 application lists here!
wow some people on here are going to be shut out! Hope you guys applied to some DCPS as well as charters with long wait lists full of siblings
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 14:12     Subject: post your PK3 application lists here!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:EoTp parent-this is what I am pretty sure I am listing for PS3

CMI
ITS
Lee
Breakthrough
Yu Ying
Bruce Monroe (IB)
Bridges
Cap City

And putting Stokes in there somehwere too.


Forgot about El Haynes-that may actually be 3rd on my list.


That's a solid, reasonable list. Even with a terrible number, you'll get into your IB, Bruce Monroe.
Bridges is a very good shot this year as well, though ranking it below your IB will knock it out of the running.
Stokes is very likely a nonstarter for non siblings again.


I was kind of wondering where to rank BM as my IB. I am thinking a lot of EotP parents may list BM as their "safety" school since its in the neighborhood and immersion, so I guess its possible that even with preference I could not get in if its ranked wrong and I get a really crappy lottery number.


Only if your number is worse than every other person who lives IB for BM -- and if there are more of IB families who apply than slots available.

Random EOTP people with overall lottery numbers better than you will not get into BM ahead of anyone who lives in the boundary and lists it as a choice.




There's no benefit to ranking BM anywhere other than last. You can always leave a more desirable school (Bridges, Haynes, Stokes) for BM, but not vice versa. Once you're stuck with BM, your stuck, period.


That's incorrect. If she gets matched with Bridges, she will not be waitlisted for her IB ranked below, and cannot "leave" for it until K. List schools according to the order you would prefer to attend them.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 14:10     Subject: post your PK3 application lists here!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:EoTp parent-this is what I am pretty sure I am listing for PS3

CMI
ITS
Lee
Breakthrough
Yu Ying
Bruce Monroe (IB)
Bridges
Cap City

And putting Stokes in there somehwere too.


Forgot about El Haynes-that may actually be 3rd on my list.


That's a solid, reasonable list. Even with a terrible number, you'll get into your IB, Bruce Monroe.
Bridges is a very good shot this year as well, though ranking it below your IB will knock it out of the running.
Stokes is very likely a nonstarter for non siblings again.


I was kind of wondering where to rank BM as my IB. I am thinking a lot of EotP parents may list BM as their "safety" school since its in the neighborhood and immersion, so I guess its possible that even with preference I could not get in if its ranked wrong and I get a really crappy lottery number.




Bear in mind the level of instruction is different at schools that are immersion-by-design (LAMB, Mundo Verde, Oyster, Stokes) and immersion-by-default (Bancroft, BM, Powell). Parents who aren't literate in their native language probably don't have the same expectations of achievement that you do.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 14:04     Subject: post your PK3 application lists here!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:EoTp parent-this is what I am pretty sure I am listing for PS3

CMI
ITS
Lee
Breakthrough
Yu Ying
Bruce Monroe (IB)
Bridges
Cap City

And putting Stokes in there somehwere too.


Forgot about El Haynes-that may actually be 3rd on my list.


That's a solid, reasonable list. Even with a terrible number, you'll get into your IB, Bruce Monroe.
Bridges is a very good shot this year as well, though ranking it below your IB will knock it out of the running.
Stokes is very likely a nonstarter for non siblings again.


I was kind of wondering where to rank BM as my IB. I am thinking a lot of EotP parents may list BM as their "safety" school since its in the neighborhood and immersion, so I guess its possible that even with preference I could not get in if its ranked wrong and I get a really crappy lottery number.


Whether a school is IB for you or not should have no bearing on ranking. You need to place it on your list like any other choice you put there according to your TRUE preference.
The way that it's IB status may have a bearing is if you have another child in the wings. Your IB school is likely a safer bet for that other child because of the double IB/sibling advantage.





Don't be ridiculous. Whether or not BM is her first choice or last choice, any subsequent child will have IB preference from K onwards. More importantly, any subsequent child would have sibling preference at another, more desirable school.

Don't be such a booster that you start telling lies.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 13:59     Subject: post your PK3 application lists here!
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:We live in Edgewood and here's our list, ranked.

YY
MV
Stokes French
Stokes Spanish
ITS
CM
Two Rivers (main campus)
Lee
Langley (IB)


I would add Seaton as another safety if I were you.


Thamks, PP. Seaton is not really convenient for our commutes. Do you think we should be concerned about getting in to Langley?




We live in Bloomingdale, and Langley is our IB school. We could make do for PS/PK, but honestly have no interest in this school. Like others before us, if by K we aren't somewhere else, we would move.


Not PP, but another Bloomingdale resident. Langley is on our list too, and to be honest I would still try to get into an immersion school or something that had a middle school. But I wouldn't say I have "no interest"-- I'm actually kind of excited about being a part of an emerging school. And I loved the PK3 teacher I met.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 13:58     Subject: post your PK3 application lists here!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:EoTp parent-this is what I am pretty sure I am listing for PS3

CMI
ITS
Lee
Breakthrough
Yu Ying
Bruce Monroe (IB)
Bridges
Cap City

And putting Stokes in there somehwere too.


Forgot about El Haynes-that may actually be 3rd on my list.


That's a solid, reasonable list. Even with a terrible number, you'll get into your IB, Bruce Monroe.
Bridges is a very good shot this year as well, though ranking it below your IB will knock it out of the running.
Stokes is very likely a nonstarter for non siblings again.


I was kind of wondering where to rank BM as my IB. I am thinking a lot of EotP parents may list BM as their "safety" school since its in the neighborhood and immersion, so I guess its possible that even with preference I could not get in if its ranked wrong and I get a really crappy lottery number.


Only if your number is worse than every other person who lives IB for BM -- and if there are more of IB families who apply than slots available.

Random EOTP people with overall lottery numbers better than you will not get into BM ahead of anyone who lives in the boundary and lists it as a choice.




There's no benefit to ranking BM anywhere other than last. You can always leave a more desirable school (Bridges, Haynes, Stokes) for BM, but not vice versa. Once you're stuck with BM, your stuck, period.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 13:56     Subject: post your PK3 application lists here!
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:EoTp parent-this is what I am pretty sure I am listing for PS3

CMI
ITS
Lee
Breakthrough
Yu Ying
Bruce Monroe (IB)
Bridges
Cap City

And putting Stokes in there somehwere too.


Forgot about El Haynes-that may actually be 3rd on my list.



There's no benefit to ranking BM anywhere other than last. You can always leave a more desirable school (Bridges, Haynes, Stokes) for BM, but not vice versa. Once you're stuck with BM, your stuck, period.

That's a solid, reasonable list. Even with a terrible number, you'll get into your IB, Bruce Monroe.
Bridges is a very good shot this year as well, though ranking it below your IB will knock it out of the running.
Stokes is very likely a nonstarter for non siblings again.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 13:52     Subject: post your PK3 application lists here!
Just submitted:

Stokes (spanish then french)
Shining Stars
Lee
YY
IT
DC Bilingual
2R @ 4th
CMI
2R @ Young
Bridges
Burroughs

Live in Brookland - yes, I know we'll be going to Burroughs, but one can hope.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 13:47     Subject: Re:post your PK3 application lists here!
Anonymous wrote:I'll bite. I am on Capitol Hill IB for Ludlow Taylor. I haven't submitted my list yet and would love some feedback for PK-3. We are also applying to some private preschools as a back up, but we want her somewhere next year. Can live with LT but we feel like we can always get in there next year and this is our chance to try for something else. Can also tolerate a little bit of a commute for the right school. Wouldn't mind immersion, but no interest in Chinese.

1.) SWS (only because it's next to our house. Haven't toured it yet)
2.) MV
3.) CM (seems nice but commute might not be worth it)
3.) Two Rivers
4.) Two Rivers -Young
5.) IT (know someone happy there)
6.) Lee Montessori
7.) Stokes Spanish
8.) Stokes French
9.) LT


I feel like I am kind of guessing at the right order and there may be some schools I'm missing. Without a spectacular lottery number, I think the outcome will be LT anyway



JO Wilson is nearby, since you have space on your list may as well add them as LT seems to be more in-demand these days and IMO the schools are very similar in the early years.
Anonymous
Post 02/24/2016 12:58     Subject: post your PK3 application lists here!
Brightwood parent here,

Shepherd
Capital City
Takoma
West
Powell
Dc Bilingual
Bridges
Whittier (IB)