Shut out and really angry

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Try 2nd round at the Appletrees, Bridges, and other schools that go through their lists regularly if you are not on those now. And don't be despondent yet. There will be movement by September.

[Anonymous]

Which Appletree does not currently have a long wait list? Unless they blow through very long wait lists, Appletree may not be available in Round 2.

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Anonymous wrote:Rich people are not paying for PreK.

Rich people's taxes are.

Darn straight. AND we're not taking up space in this ridiculous lottery. either, because our kids go private

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Anonymous wrote:The worst part for me about the lottery is that it pits neighbors against each other. That can only serve to break down community, not build it up. It does it at the citywide level too. It's a poisonous system.

Don't be ridiculous, if that's the type of animosity you have for someone else's good fortune, I would hate to be your neighbor. The government is not responsible for how you feel to about the people in your community that is your responsibility, granted you can be angry about the process.

+1. OP sounds really selfish. Nobody deserves a spot except her because she's lived here for 30 out of her 36 years. OK.

OP admitted to just venting. no where did he/she say no one deserved a spot.

i've been here since graduating college 15+ years ago, born and raised in md and its gotta be frustrating as hell to be basically a hometown resident forever and have to go thru this lottery only to lose. not saying its not as frustrating for us all.

If rich people didn't want to move into DC, there wouldn't be enough tax revenue for anyone to have free PK. There are a whole lot of things DC offers now that it didn't and couldn't when OP moved here 30 years ago, because there wasn't any money for it.

Or the administrative capacity to manage it

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Anonymous wrote:The worst part for me about the lottery is that it pits neighbors against each other. That can only serve to break down community, not build it up. It does it at the citywide level too. It's a poisonous system.

Don't be ridiculous, if that's the type of animosity you have for someone else's good fortune, I would hate to be your neighbor. The government is not responsible for how you feel to about the people in your community that is your responsibility, granted you can be angry about the process.

+1. OP sounds really selfish. Nobody deserves a spot except her because she's lived here for 30 out of her 36 years. OK.

OP admitted to just venting. no where did he/she say no one deserved a spot.

i've been here since graduating college 15+ years ago, born and raised in md and its gotta be frustrating as hell to be basically a hometown resident forever and have to go thru this lottery only to lose. not saying its not as frustrating for us all.

If rich people didn't want to move into DC, there wouldn't be enough tax revenue for anyone to have free PK. There are a whole lot of things DC offers now that it didn't and couldn't when OP moved here 30 years ago, because there wasn't any money for it.

Don't agree with that... what about parking tickets, speeding cameras etc.... Besides most "rich" people finds ways around paying out a lot in taxes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which Appletree does not currently have a long wait list? Unless they blow through very long wait lists, Appletree may not be available in Round 2.

Apple tree almost always goes through its entire list.

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Oh, OP, cry me a river. We all pay taxes here. We just got shut out for the 4th straight year. Now we will move to escape our terrible inbounds school, because we have run out of options and time.

It sounds like you got tired of paying taxes for some other family's kids to go to your neighborhood preschool. Am I wrong?

We had our kid at that school right along with them. I won't do it anymore. I have kept her there through first grade.

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Oh, OP, cry me a river. We all pay taxes here. We just got shut out for the 4th straight year. Now we will move to escape our terrible inbounds school, because we have run out of options and time.

It sounds like you got tired of paying taxes for some other family's kids to go to your neighborhood preschool. Am I wrong?

+1. I can understand OP's frustration. Which is why, for the first time, my spouse and I will consider voting for a middle-ground Republican candidate next time.

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Anonymous wrote:My experience of PK3 in DC was complete garbage. The charter we went with looked great on paper, talked a big game during the tour, etc, but treated 3yo's like tiny military school recruits. The teachers could not handle a room of 25 preschoolers with varying degrees of social-emotional readiness for a full day program.

So stick with your private preschool and move on. Try again next year. Getting a spot in the lottery is no guarantee of anything.

+1. I was not impressed with preK at two different DC elementaries. Keeping my third at her wonderful play-based preschool. Someone who doesn't have better options can have our slot.

[Anonymous]

Gotta keep things in perspective. MoCo neighbors pay the same in taxes and don't even get an option of PS or PK. Universal PK is fairly new in DC. Also, if you really wanted a free spot, you can have one. Give me your list of 12 and I will give you a PK3 spot nearby (so you can't say it's a bad commute).

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Oh, OP, cry me a river. We all pay taxes here. We just got shut out for the 4th straight year. Now we will move to escape our terrible inbounds school, because we have run out of options and time.

It sounds like you got tired of paying taxes for some other family's kids to go to your neighborhood preschool. Am I wrong?

+1. I can understand OP's frustration. Which is why, for the first time, my spouse and I will consider voting for a middle-ground Republican candidate next time.

How will a middle ground Republican change anything?

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Anonymous wrote:

Oh, OP, cry me a river. We all pay taxes here. We just got shut out for the 4th straight year. Now we will move to escape our terrible inbounds school, because we have run out of options and time.

It sounds like you got tired of paying taxes for some other family's kids to go to your neighborhood preschool. Am I wrong?

+1. I can understand OP's frustration. Which is why, for the first time, my spouse and I will consider voting for a middle-ground Republican candidate next time.

This may be the single stupidest reaction to the lottery that I have read.

[Anonymous]

Anyone else screen capping these and emailing them to OSSE?

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Anonymous wrote:Gotta keep things in perspective. MoCo neighbors pay the same in taxes and don't even get an option of PS or PK. Universal PK is fairly new in DC. Also, if you really wanted a free spot, you can have one. Give me your list of 12 and I will give you a PK3 spot nearby (so you can't say it's a bad commute).

Exactly.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone else screen capping these and emailing them to OSSE?

So they can laugh at how stupid people sound?