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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Shuebrooks]Greetings everyone. I was wondering if some of you who recently went through the school lottery would share your experience with me; preferably parents with children entering into Pre-k 3 and 4. I find myself having severe anxiety about this process as my son will be attending school next year and I believe that the application needs to be completed in December. I have been researching schools for some time and I've narrowed it down to a few schools that I want him to attend, but they're all popular schools, so IDK if he will get into them. I want him in a safe, diverse school that does very well academically. I DO NOT want him to attend the neighborhood school. Please share your experience with me and offer any tips and/or advice that you may have. Thanks in advance.

-G[/quote]

The lottery application opens in December. You do not have to submit it until the end of February, usually.

You will probably not get into those popular schools you want him in. If they are DCPS, you can guarantee admission at kindergarten by moving in bounds for the school. This might help you get in for PK, but it doesn't guarantee anything until K. If they are charter schools, there is no way to guarantee a spot.

My advice is that you think about why you don't want to send your child to the school assigned to the neighborhood where you have chosen to live. Have you visited the school? If not, I would recommend that you do so, because most likely, that is the school that your child will be matched to in the lottery. If you are truly unwilling to send your child to that school, your safest option is to use the time between now and next school year to move to an area where you are comfortable with the assigned schools. Relying on the lottery is a fool's game and not what I'd recommend for someone who admits that they have anxiety about sending their child to school a year from now.[/quote]

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