Lottery is Open

[Anonymous]

I've just been tooling around in there using a dummy account I created (note to the developers...requiring people to set up an account in order to get in and look around at things only means people like me will make dummy accounts that skew your numbers...quit putting everything behind an iron curtain).

I have the same complaint as last year...all the DCPS schools provide "anticipated available spots" but the Charters do not. How does that help families? Knowing what your chances are based on things like how many sections of a grade will be offered is very important information. Grrrr.

[Anonymous]

Why make a dummy account if you're going to apply later? You don't need to submit your picks today; you can save them for later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why make a dummy account if you're going to apply later? You don't need to submit your picks today; you can save them for later.

I'm not applying at all. I'm a writer.

[Anonymous]

I just tried to log in with my account from last year. Do old accounts not work anymore? If so, that is beyond stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just tried to log in with my account from last year. Do old accounts not work anymore? If so, that is beyond stupid.

They wiped the database clean...you have to create a new account (which can use all the same stuff as last year--user name, password, etc. That's what I did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why make a dummy account if you're going to apply later? You don't need to submit your picks today; you can save them for later.

I'm not applying at all. I'm a writer.

Then why are you annoyed that the charters don't post the anticipated seats? Surely your writerly research has revealed that charters won't know how many seats they will have available for new students until siblings are accounted for and re-enrollment forms have been submitted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why make a dummy account if you're going to apply later? You don't need to submit your picks today; you can save them for later.

I'm not applying at all. I'm a writer.

Then why are you annoyed that the charters don't post the anticipated seats? Surely your writerly research has revealed that charters won't know how many seats they will have available for new students until siblings are accounted for and re-enrollment forms have been submitted.

DCPS makes anticipated calculations factoring in the same things you list above. Do you think DCPS re-enrollment forms for next year have already been submitted? Rather than list "anticipated seats" they should indicate how many sections of each grade they hope to have. How hard is that?

[Anonymous]

It's up to each LEA to decide whether to put down available seats. DCPS agreed to do so. Others chose by to. That's not the common lottery's fault.

[Anonymous]

In looking at each school's information sheet in the lottery database I'm confused by the listing of preferences. are they listed in any particular order? I would assume they would be listed from strongest/first preference to least. But, in many cases "proximity" preference is listed above "sibling enrolled" (meaning OOB sibling...sidenote...I know they are trying to get away from the term "out of boundary" but that only makes this more confusing!). Is it true that a family with proximity preference would get a spot before an OOB family who is already attending the school? That's whack. Also, I noticed "sibling accepted" is listed before "sibling enrolled" in the preference listings. I really hope this is saying a family with a kid already at a school get preference behind a family who isn't even enrolled yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just tried to log in with my account from last year. Do old accounts not work anymore? If so, that is beyond stupid.

They must have! I called and was on hold for about 10 minutes and just hung up.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have issue whith posting this infomration on a .org as opposed to a .gov?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have issue whith posting this infomration on a .org as opposed to a .gov?

What are you talking about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In looking at each school's information sheet in the lottery database I'm confused by the listing of preferences. are they listed in any particular order? I would assume they would be listed from strongest/first preference to least. But, in many cases "proximity" preference is listed above "sibling enrolled" (meaning OOB sibling...sidenote...I know they are trying to get away from the term "out of boundary" but that only makes this more confusing!). Is it true that a family with proximity preference would get a spot before an OOB family who is already attending the school? That's whack. Also, I noticed "sibling accepted" is listed before "sibling enrolled" in the preference listings. I really hope this is saying a family with a kid already at a school get preference behind a family who isn't even enrolled yet.

I found an explanation in the FAQs...there is provides the list of preference in order (for DCPS at least). The school fact sheets should list them in order too.
http://www.myschooldc.org/faq/faqs/#preference-2

[Anonymous]

It is surprising to me that YY does not make you check a box that you understand it is a dual language immersion with 90% in Chinese in early childhood. (That's what MV does.)

[Anonymous]

Submitted! Let the waiting begin!!