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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I were you, my plan would be Francis Stephen’s then an application high school. And I would be keeping a careful eye out for the following things:

1) Signs that your elementary won’t meet your need through 5th.

2) Signs of issues at Francis Stephen’s.

3) Signs that your child (for whatever reason) wouldn’t get into McKinley Tech for HS. Sure, everyone is shooting for Walls or Banneker or Ellington, but McKinley is a solid safety school right now, IMHO.

In your case, I would only lottery before 5th if one of those things changes.

Additionally - I’d probably spend some time in 4th grade looking at other middle school choices and potentially lottery for 5th and/or 6th. It’s possible Basis or DCI or something might be a good fit for your kid and you might want to give it a shot - but with a solid middle school feeder option, I wouldn’t be upending your life in elementary school with lottery stress every year and a potential long commute. Not worth it. [/quote]

This is more or less my family's approach but I would also watch how the MacArthur lottery plays out over the next few years. Maybe a non-application HS option? For now pretty much everyone eventually has gotten a spot off the waitlist.

Some people are really, really risk averse. Personally I'm just not willing to sacrifice that much of my family's time to start commuting to a Ward 3 school so early on in elementary. But I'm also not going into late elementary/middle/high blind; I'm keeping an eye on lottery results/school test scores/my child's aptitude/needs so that we're ready to pivot if need be.[/quote]

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