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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone experienced just confirm all my assumptions and understanding of how the lottery works are accurate and I am not missing anything?

Rising PK3-er. We live in bounds for a school that is an "early action" school for PK3 (Langley). Am I correct in understanding that as long as we rank Langley somewhere on our list, we will get a spot at Langley as long as we don't get a spot somewhere higher on our list? We can rank Langley as low as we want, it doesn't have to be in a certain position higher on our list? AKA we can rank truly based on real preference?

My other question is this-- by Kinder, I can choose to send my kid to our inbounds school at any point regardless of lottery correct? So for example, we could lottery into a school we like for PK3/PK4 but we could, if we wanted, still send him to our inbounds for Kinder (or 1st), without needing to "win" the lottery, because it is our inbounds? There are options we are considering because they feel right for him for preschool (namely, Montessori charters that offer 1pm pickup.) He currently only goes to school til 1pm only and only 3 days per week. The kid still comes home and naps for 3 full hours or more. He will still be 2 years old when he begins PK3 as he has a late Sept bday. So considering one of the montessoris that offer 1pm pickup for pk3 and pk4 and then moving to our inbounds later so he can be with other kids from our neighborhood.

Are any of my understandings of this process incorrect? [/quote]

- If you are inbounds for an Early Action school, you are guaranteed a PK spot, as long as you have it on your list (at any rank) and don't match somewhere else that you ranked above it. The only caveat is that you won't stay on any waitlisted schools ranked below it. So yes, true preference. No need to game it. https://www.myschooldc.org/apply/applying-to-PK

- Once your child reaches K, they have the right to go your in-bound school at any time. You could theoretically switch midyear if you wanted to.
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