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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]There is no way they'll be able to pull off the lottery come December with so much reprogramming necessary based on address changes, new levels of preference, etc. Gray and his successor may embrace the changes but the people tasked to put it into play will fail miserably. Curious how many charters will continue to agree to be part of a unified lottery. [/quote]

I talked to the person from DME responsible for the technical side of thee myschoolsdc.com lottery and she said that it will be very easy to get it ready for the new boundaries. I was surprised, but she was very confident.
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Sorry, I don't buy it. The people who launched the Federal Health Insurance Exchange were confident too and there were contracts in place that dwarf whatever My School DC has. We're talking a brand new lottery based on new boundaries, new preference (at-risk), set asides that vary in percentage (elementary v. 6th v. 9th) and will be different for each school based on current at-risk percentages compared to the full enrollment (or is school capacity or how will it be calculated?) and a system where principals are going to be striped of their authority to handle their own waitlist. Plus principals at some schools are going to have to stand ready to offer PS3 and PK spots to anyone in-boundary as a matter of right, regardless of what the space or personnel budget allows. It is going to be very complex and they will have to execute it well, otherwise people will not trust the results. Let's remember that DCPS sent out prepopulated enrollment paperwork this year which all indicated the wrong grade for current DCPS students. [/quote]

No IT person thought ACA was going to work correctly out of the box, way too many different entities to deal with. DC's lottery is no where near as complex, no matter how many rules you add. The algorithm is already in place and more importantly, the school staffs and parents will have a year of training under their belt.[/quote]

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