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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=NathanBacaABC7]I'm a reporter at ABC7 News. I'd like to talk to parents nervous about what the waitlist numbers mean for their HS child. What options are you looking at if you don't get in? Please email me at ndbaca@sbgtv.com. Thanks![/quote]

Will you also include the reasoning behind this crazy lottery system? If equity is the goal, I don’t think it can be achieved by a random lottery system. I haven’t been in this area long, but what in the world would possess people to drive themselves crazy like this year after year? We told our realtor we needed a really good system. She targeted two counties, and we made our choice. Yes, we have to commute into the city, but I would prefer that over this maddening “system” that only seems to work for a few people. What gives? Is the Tuition Assistance Grant driving this? I’m really trying to understand.

Good luck to everyone.[/quote]
It works for few lucky ones and the ones who move IB to good schools. We commute to Fairfax. We stay because we like the city and our neighborhood.
We told our realtor the schools we want, chose between the building, yes, we have a commute outside the city and there's no maddening system. You get a free school 2 years earlier than in Va.
 Lots of space more 100s of families here. They just don't want to live in apartments/condos. I'd rent out my home somewhere else and move IB to a good school and then moved back in few years before they change the policy. I don't want my kid on a bus for long time or start middle school at 7:30 am. Lot's of choices in DC. Just can't have it all unless you are rich.[/quote]

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