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[quote=Anonymous]Here is how I would approach.

1. First, decide how important immersion is to you. Put it next to the following factors: school fit, commute, MS feed. Rank them. Use this ranking to guide decisions.

2. Do the lottery. It's not binding -- you can turn down any lottery match or waitlist offer and stay at Tyler. Craft your lottery list based on the ranking from #1. I'd literally create a spreadsheet that lists Tyler, the neighborhood schools you'd consider, and the immersion schools you'd consider, and given them a score for each metric which is than weighted according to your rankings of those metrics. Generate a "preferred school" ranking and use that to rank your lottery choices.

3. See what happens in the lottery. If there is a school that has a higher ranking than Tyler that gives you an offer, take it. If not, stay at Tyler.

4. If you stay at Tyler, repeat this process next year before the swing space move.

Then, no matter what happens, you will have maximized your options and made choices based on the most objective measure of what the best school for your kid is given the metrics.

This is largely about making a choice you can live with, not making the "best choice" as that will vary from family to family and it's impossible for me to know whether my priorities match yours.[/quote]

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