APS - HB Woodlawn Lottery

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[Post New]02/05/2019 11:19
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:It clearly hasn’t been updated. My “updated” date has changed daily. Seeing APS’ performance and organization lately, I’m not holding my breath that I get notified (via mail or online) today.


Mine still says 1/29/19. Who knows?
[Post New]02/05/2019 11:39
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:It clearly hasn’t been updated. My “updated” date has changed daily. Seeing APS’ performance and organization lately, I’m not holding my breath that I get notified (via mail or online) today.


Ditto (to all of the above)
[Post New]02/05/2019 11:40
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Anonymous
Mine went from 2/1 (yesterday AM) to 2/4 (as of right now)
[Post New]02/05/2019 12:01
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Anonymous
FWIW, my mail just arrived and, as expected, no physical letter (which I had been told would arrive my snail mail on 2/5). Raise your hand if you’re suprised.
[Post New]02/05/2019 12:05
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:FWIW, my mail just arrived and, as expected, no physical letter (which I had been told would arrive my snail mail on 2/5). Raise your hand if you’re suprised.


I thought someone said above that they were now notifying by email.
[Post New]02/05/2019 12:08
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Anonymous
does any one know if those lotteries are REALLY double blinded lotteries? Is it rigged sometimes? meaning if you know someone you just bypass the lottery and get in?
[Post New]02/05/2019 12:19
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Anonymous
The lottery really is double-blind. But, there are some kids that end up be3ign pupil placed for various reasons.

Based on some of the hand wringing in this thread about the timing and manner of the results, some of you may end up being frustrated by your HB experience. It can be a messy place, but you have to let the magic happen!

[Post New]02/05/2019 12:35
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:The lottery really is double-blind. But, there are some kids that end up be3ign pupil placed for various reasons.

Based on some of the hand wringing in this thread about the timing and manner of the results, some of you may end up being frustrated by your HB experience. It can be a messy place, but you have to let the magic happen!



How can we apply for pupil placement? Is that common?
[Post New]02/05/2019 12:49
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The lottery really is double-blind. But, there are some kids that end up be3ign pupil placed for various reasons.

Based on some of the hand wringing in this thread about the timing and manner of the results, some of you may end up being frustrated by your HB experience. It can be a messy place, but you have to let the magic happen!



How can we apply for pupil placement? Is that common?


I guess that part can be rigged.
[Post New]02/05/2019 12:54
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The lottery really is double-blind. But, there are some kids that end up be3ign pupil placed for various reasons.

Based on some of the hand wringing in this thread about the timing and manner of the results, some of you may end up being frustrated by your HB experience. It can be a messy place, but you have to let the magic happen!



How can we apply for pupil placement? Is that common?


Show a legitimate need or know the right person. I know a 7th grader whose mom is friends with an APS administrator. That administrator was the right person.
[Post New]02/05/2019 12:55
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:The lottery really is double-blind. But, there are some kids that end up be3ign pupil placed for various reasons.

Based on some of the hand wringing in this thread about the timing and manner of the results, some of you may end up being frustrated by your HB experience. It can be a messy place, but you have to let the magic happen!



LOL, don't worry, we won't be getting in anyway!!
[Post New]02/05/2019 13:00
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The lottery really is double-blind. But, there are some kids that end up be3ign pupil placed for various reasons.

Based on some of the hand wringing in this thread about the timing and manner of the results, some of you may end up being frustrated by your HB experience. It can be a messy place, but you have to let the magic happen!



How can we apply for pupil placement? Is that common?


Show a legitimate need or know the right person. I know a 7th grader whose mom is friends with an APS administrator. That administrator was the right person.


Bingo! rigged. I've seen a few of those, and surprise there hasn't been any public outrage. APS admin can easily rig the admission process.
[Post New]02/05/2019 13:22
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Anonymous
It's not a "double-blind lottery" because that's not an actual thing.

(A drug trial can be double-blind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinded_experiment#Double-blind_trials)

But it is a lottery -- it's just that the number of entries is smaller than it would be if they didn't fill some places with students who are judged to have a special need for the HB environment. The kid I know who got in this way is on the spectrum, for example.
[Post New]02/05/2019 14:14
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Anonymous
Still nothing for us too. Last time we were updated was 1/29. And, nothing in the mail either.
[Post New]02/05/2019 14:27
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:It's not a "double-blind lottery" because that's not an actual thing.

(A drug trial can be double-blind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blinded_experiment#Double-blind_trials)

But it is a lottery -- it's just that the number of entries is smaller than it would be if they didn't fill some places with students who are judged to have a special need for the HB environment. The kid I know who got in this way is on the spectrum, for example.


APS calls it that...

random, double-blind system -- applications are randomly assigned numbers and numbers are randomly drawn.
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