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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would say the kindergarten lottery tends to be your best shot at DCPS elementaries OOB. Schools can have more students per class starting in kindergarten. Schools also have more limited insight into how many IB kindergarten students will enroll by right. Both of those factors tend to result in more lottery offers in K than in other grades.

That's not to say the chances are poor in other years, but it's just a lot less predictable. Compared to middle and high school, it's a lot harder to speak in generalities about the elementary school lottery since there are so many more viable options across the city.

People here are more likely/able to help if you share specific school(s)/grade level(s) you're interested in.[/quote]
OP again: as we said in the original post - we struck out for PK3 and PK4...so I guess K lottery it is! [sigh] Thanks for the shred of hope, guys...sincerely grateful to hear it's not over til it's over...

The Venn diagram of test scores, feeder patterns and work commutes means we'd take basically ANY elementary WOTP that would have us, with one or two exceptions (Shepherd or Key would unfortunately be big transportation headaches - and I guess from what I hear Key might present an aftercare problem too? But otherwise: just about ANY SCHOOL OR CHARTER in that area with somewhat decent test scores and a halfway ok feeder pattern would work. Literally any of them! They all seem fine! Better than our local Greatschools 3/10 school, anyway. We tried all of them for PK4 - and got agonizingly close. But...no luck.)[/quote]

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