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[quote=Anonymous]I entered the lottery a couple of years ago for my kid. PK4 at a JKLM school, in bounds, no sibling. Our preschool required the re-enrollment deposit earlier than you, in February (remainder due at end of May).

I looked at the numbers and figured it was definitely less than a 50% chance my child would get a PK4 spot. So we paid the deposit. And as it turned out, we did get a spot. Yes, we lost the deposit, but it was the price we paid for making sure my child had plans for that year.

Later, we saw the actual numbers of the year we got a spot and I realized as an in-bound, no sibling child, our chances were more around 30%. We were lucky. Now the PK4 have one less classroom than my year, and if the numbers are similar, the chances for no-sibling kids are much lower. I'd recommend re-enrolling your child into their current school so you have a back-up plan.

FWIW, my child's class got a new student in January, so they do work through the list over the course of the year. If your preschool has a staggered payment plan maybe that would be an option? In case you get waitlisted and a spot opens up later in the year.[/quote]

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