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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I actually think the opposite on the specialty programs. I guess we would be considered "elite", and lotteried into French Immersion. We really wanted an immersion program for our children. Our next option was to buy a home in one of the better performing school zones. Private was option 3.

However - the lottery is too late for parents who are heavily leaning toward private. So I think a lot of the people who you are talking about have already signed on the dotted line for private school by the time the lottery rolls around.[/quote]

This is us exactly.  Between DH and I we have 6 degrees; we live in PG because we're cheap and have a lot of debt from paying off those 6 degrees!  HHI currently 180K and we will move out before our daughter hits school age (she's not yet 2) because the lottery timing is terrible.  Public education is my priority and I can't count on PG.  So to speak to the original question, the lottery is and should be for all, but those programs need to be expanded so there's a better chance of middle and upper middle class people sticking around.  Ideally, yes, our local school would also be improved, but I think you have to prioritize charter expansion first.[/quote]

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