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[quote=Anonymous][quote=febegaj]I am confused now. So this means that a kid from a private middle school has less chances than a kid from *any* FCPS middle school (including the high-performing ones?)

Is there a link that shows exactly how the allocation system works?[/quote]

From the FCPS web site:

"Seat Allocation Process

Each public school within Fairfax County and each cooperating school division will be presumptively allocated a number of seats equal to 1.5% of that school’s 8th grade student population (“Allocated Seats”). The remainder of seats will not be allocated to any specific public school (“Unallocated Seats”). In the event a school has fewer eligible applicants than its number of Allocated Seats, the difference will be treated as Unallocated Seats

Allocated Seats - Applicants attending public school will be first evaluated against other applicants from the same school, and students with the strongest evaluated applications from that school will be offered admission.

Unallocated Seats - All remaining public school applicants and applicants who do not attend public school in Fairfax County or in a cooperating division will be considered for the Unallocated Seats, which will be offered to the highest evaluated applicants in that group."

What PP was saying is that Longfellow gets its share of "Allocated Seats" and other Longfellow kids may get "Unallocated Seats," whereas private school kids only get in through "Unallocated Seats."  Same is true for any other public school in a participating division compared to private school students. [/quote]

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