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[quote=Anonymous]One important thing to note here on D2 zoned middle schools: all of them have 'screened programs' now, based on your 4th grade GPA, which you are *not* guaranteed admission to - or treated any differently than any other kid in D2 for - if you live in the zone. And generally half of the school is in that program, so if your kid is admitted as a zoned student rather than an SP kid, they're specifically with the slower kids. (there does seem to be some possibility of movement between SP and non but as I understand they're cutting back on that because the kids they've moved up have struggled with math)

They're not *that* competitive, since (despite their lack of similar programs) Salk/Lab/Clinton/ESMS are more sought after and most of the people with good lottery numbers seek out one of those, and there's still priority for D2, but it does mean that having a zoned school does not act as a get-out-of-middle-school-admissions free card.

D2 is still on balance probably the best school district in the city and it might well be worth moving to the UES even just to have access to its lottery options, but 'zoned middle schools' specifically are not a good reason to pick it.[/quote]

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