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[quote=Anonymous]Some of the schools you mention are countywide schools with admission by application and when the number of applications exceeds the spaces available, it goes to a lottery process.  The lottery is typical for Drew's Montessori primary program, Arlington Traditional School (ATS), and maybe Claremont (feeder school area - Ashlawn, Barcroft, Carlin Springs, Drew, McKinley, Nottingham, Randolph, and Tuckahoe). For Claremont, students from designated cluster neighborhood school zones - Abingdon/Hoffman-Boston/Oakridge are guaranteed admission.  Chances of getting in are slim for ATS and Drew Montessori's primary program.  Claremont is getting tougher to get into from the feeder school area due to its rising popularity.

Drew is both a neighborhood school (graded program) and countywide school (Montessori program).  If you live in the Drew neighborhood, that's your school, you would just need to register your child. I don't believe that you don't get preference for the Montessori program (primary level).  Hoffman-Boston is a neighborhood school that is under-enrolled so your child would get in there.

I suggest that you review the website for each school to get an understanding of the special focus and determine what you think will be a good fit for your child to narrow down the schools to apply to.  For example, Drew has a Montessori program, Campbell is an Expeditionary Learning School, Claremont is Spanish Immersion, and Arlington Traditional School - the name speaks for itself.[/quote]

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