If you don't get a good school in the lottery what will you do?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hope most people put safer options on their list so this won't happen. For those who I know that did the lottery last year everyone ended up somewhere they were comfortable, if not happy.

Well bully for them. My kid is in first grade at a terrible school after loosing out on the lottery FOUR TIMES. I'm moving. A "safe" school? The safe schools are safe because they aren't good.

Good for you. Seriously, not sure why parents who have the ability/option to move or send their kids to private would choose to stay in a situation where their kid isn't getting what they need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone will get in somewhere for PS 3 and PK 4, and if you don't, consider your IB school for those two years. I've heard consistently good results across the city for the 3 and 4 year old program. Then keep playing, rinse, repeat.[/quote

Uh... For a lot of people your IB pk3 or 4 is not guaranteed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone will get in somewhere for PS 3 and PK 4, and if you don't, consider your IB school for those two years. I've heard consistently good results across the city for the 3 and 4 year old program. Then keep playing, rinse, repeat.[/quote

Uh... For a lot of people your IB pk3 or 4 is not guaranteed.

Our IB doesn't even have a PK3 program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Everyone will get in somewhere for PS 3 and PK 4, and if you don't, consider your IB school for those two years. I've heard consistently good results across the city for the 3 and 4 year old program. Then keep playing, rinse, repeat.[/quote

Uh... For a lot of people your IB pk3 or 4 is not guaranteed.

Our IB doesn't even have a PK3 program.

Okay, fine, but then those people have a good WOTP option that is guaranteed for K. I'll wager that most people who are playing the lottery do not have a WOTP school as a fall-back.

[Anonymous]

For 3, 4 yr olds, you can always pay for private daycare like most other places in this country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For 3, 4 yr olds, you can always pay for private daycare like most other places in this country.

If you can afford it. In our case, one parent is staying home because we have two of that age.