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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My apologies if this is a duplicate question, but I can't seem to find the answer and have been getting conflicting reports from other parents.

I am interested in applying for PS3 in 2013-2104.

Hypothetically, I would like to be rank in this order:

1- My inbounds with proximity school (Tyler Spanish Immersion)
2- My inbounds school (Brent)
3- Additional schools, yet to be determined

By ranking my inbounds school second, am I then theoretically putting myself at the back of the waistlist behind other parents who ranked our inbounds school as #1?

My understanding of the lottery system is that the following steps occur:

1- All applicants assigned a randomly assigned lottery number
2- Slots are filled in order of random number first with inbounds students with siblings, then inbounds, then, out of bounds with siblings.

At what point does the ranking of the six schools begin to apply? If I am not accepted at my #1 ranked school, am I still grouped with the other inbounds family in order of preference? Or pushed behind all the families that chose our inbound school as #1, but higher than #3,4,5 or 6?

Thank you,[/quote]

You have a pretty solid understanding.  One minor correction -- proximity preference comes after out of bounds with siblings AND closing school preference (which I believe cover specifically designated schools, but you may want to confirm with the DCPS critical response hotline)

Your IB status would not be impacted by not ranking your IB 1st. If you gain space in your top choice you'll be dropped from all lower choices (IB or not).  Howerver, if you get a spot at your IB (or lower) you can remain waitlisted at all schools ranked higher.  If a non-IB school is really your top preference it shouldn't matter if you get shut out of a lower choice.  It's important not to place a safer choice higher than your preferred choice[/quote]

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