Unified Lottery is official

[Anonymous]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/most-dc-schools-to-participate-in-unified-enrollment-lottery-starting-next-year/2013/10/08/4f65c2e8-3021-11e3-8906-3daa2bcde110_story.html

Lottery website:

http://www.myschooldc.org/

According to the Post, all DCPS and most charters are signed up. Among those not yet participating (not clear if they will sign up between now and December 16) include:

Yu Ying
Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom
Meridian
LAMB
Options
Booker T. Washington
SEED; Tree of Life
Roots
Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science
St. Coletta

[Anonymous]

Awesome!

[Anonymous]

Great news.

[Anonymous]

By the way the number of slots is probably going to be 15.

[Anonymous]

what happens if you don't like the school you were given, i.e. your # 6 choice?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what happens if you don't like the school you were given, i.e. your # 6 choice?

You're still on the list at 1-5. For K and up you can go to your in-bounds school. Hopefully there will be a second-chance lottery or some easy way to find leftover seats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what happens if you don't like the school you were given, i.e. your # 6 choice?

I would assume it works the way the current DCPS lottery works. You would stay on the waitlist for #1-5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/most-dc-schools-to-participate-in-unified-enrollment-lottery-starting-next-year/2013/10/08/4f65c2e8-3021-11e3-8906-3daa2bcde110_story.html

Lottery website:

http://www.myschooldc.org/

According to the Post, all DCPS and most charters are signed up. Among those not yet participating (not clear if they will sign up between now and December 16) include:

Yu Ying
Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom
Meridian
LAMB
Options
Booker T. Washington
SEED; Tree of Life
Roots
Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science
St. Coletta

No Creative Minds

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/most-dc-schools-to-participate-in-unified-enrollment-lottery-starting-next-year/2013/10/08/4f65c2e8-3021-11e3-8906-3daa2bcde110_story.html

Lottery website:

http://www.myschooldc.org/

According to the Post, all DCPS and most charters are signed up. Among those not yet participating (not clear if they will sign up between now and December 16) include:

Yu Ying
Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom
Meridian
LAMB
Options
Booker T. Washington
SEED; Tree of Life
Roots
Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science
St. Coletta

No Creative Minds

Good catch. I wonder if these schools just aren't signed up but still considering, or have rejected the offer outright and have committed to running their own lotteries. Overall I think the unified lottery is great, but the one pressure point will be on parents to rank their preferences- it will be tough on those who want to visit a school but don't have time. In the past you could just apply to everything and then only visit if you actually won a spot. Now the rank order will be really important.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what happens if you don't like the school you were given, i.e. your # 6 choice?

You're still on the list at 1-5. For K and up you can go to your in-bounds school. Hopefully there will be a second-chance lottery or some easy way to find leftover seats.

From the article, it did not seem like this was the case. It sounds like you get ONE answer and don't stay on multiple waitlists, which is great!

[Anonymous]

This is what to me makes it sound different from the current DCPS lottery:

"Parents are likely to be asked to rank both traditional and charter schools in order of preference. Then a computer algorithm would run the lottery, admitting each child to only one school and maximizing the number of students who are matched with one of their top choices."

[Anonymous]

Seems like it will reduce your our chances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what happens if you don't like the school you were given, i.e. your # 6 choice?

You're still on the list at 1-5. For K and up you can go to your in-bounds school. Hopefully there will be a second-chance lottery or some easy way to find leftover seats.

From the article, it did not seem like this was the case. It sounds like you get ONE answer and don't stay on multiple waitlists, which is great!

If you don't stay on a waitlist for your top choices, how do schools select additional children after someone has turned them down? I don't think it is a great idea to be completely closed out of choices higher than the one you were placed in.

[Anonymous]

No YY, interesting. Actually as a YY parent I hope they choose not to participate and keep the time stamp wait list. One if YY string points is the involved parents and the amazing job the PA does raising funds for the school. You definitely get some involved, dedicated parents if the top of your wait list is comprised of parents who took the extra effort to stand in line extra early. And before you say how unfair it is, with enough notice and planning you can work it out. It is ONE day out of the year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No YY, interesting. Actually as a YY parent I hope they choose not to participate and keep the time stamp wait list. One if YY string points is the involved parents and the amazing job the PA does raising funds for the school. You definitely get some involved, dedicated parents if the top of your wait list is comprised of parents who took the extra effort to stand in line extra early. And before you say how unfair it is, with enough notice and planning you can work it out. It is ONE day out of the year.

Sorry excuse all my auto correct typos!