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[quote=Anonymous]Here was my PK3 lottery experience this year:

My in-bounds school is by any objective measure a terrible school. Unless it changes (and I'll work to help in any way I can), I would not keep my child there past K. However, we went to an open house and were surprised to be very impressed with the early childhood program. We ended up putting it last on our PK3 list and got a TERRIBLE lottery draw. Even though we listed quite a few schools that people on DCUM would call safety schools (that have traditionally gone through all their waitlists), we were almost always 100+ on each waitlist, sometimes as high as 400. We were among the last 10 waitlist numbers at every school we applied to. We have no shot at getting in off of any of these waitlists.

But we got into our inbounds school and are so glad we checked it out. I reached out and found quite a few other families who were matched and live nearby, and we've started having play dates to get to know one another and are already involved with the PTA at the school. My advice based on my experience, in which I would definitely not have matched anywhere had I not applied to my IB school, is to check out your inbounds school and put it on your list unless you absolutely would prefer to keep a child in private or at home instead of going there.

Best of luck to you![/quote]

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