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[quote=Anonymous]Hi all.  We're moving to the area this March/April and I'm a little overwhelmed trying to figure out how DCPS and the lottery work.  Our older child is almost 4 and would be old enough for PK4 in the fall.  I would love to get some help thinking through some of the moving parts.

- Can we/should we apply for the March 1 lottery deadline even if we don't have a DC address yet?  Our current thinking is that we will find a short-term rental starting maybe late March and look to buy asap, so our address may change multiple times but I hope it's settled by summer.

- Any advice on targeting schools if we haven't pinpointed our exact location yet?  So far we have been liking houses in Petworth, Sixteenth Street Heights, Columbia Heights (or thereabouts).

- Obviously not much we can do about this, but are we at a lottery disadvantage coming in at PK4 instead of PK3?

- Any general thoughts on charter schools in DC?  We are coming from the Boston area and I have to admit I have a little bit of an anti-charter school bias, but I'm not sure if that point of view translates as well to DC or if there are special considerations for the area.[/quote]

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