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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - I'm thinking mostly about PK3 or PK4, especially true for places like Brookland, Petworth, etc. where there are many great charter options and most people are likely to rank multiple charters ahead of their DCPS IB option.  I doubt there is a common consensus on which charter is everybody's #1 (this data isn't available, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were at least 10 schools that had at least 5% of Ward 4 and 5 applicants rank it #1).

So, just run through the thought exercise of what this change would mean (and I'm not seriously proposing it - encouraging people to rank in anything but their true order of preference is going to be a non-starter).  But, with this system, I think it would help a lot more people than it would hurt.

End result, your chance of getting into your #1 ranked school increases greatly.  A lot more people will match with their #1 option than under the current system.  But, it significantly reduces your chance at non-IB options you rank between #2 and wherever your in-bound is ranked.  This also probably means that more families who don't get into their #1 end up at the DCPS IB school, which depending on where you stand in the public v public-charter debate, is probably a good thing in the long-run.

I also think this may make the lotto process much less time consuming and stressful.  Decide which charter or OOB DCPS you want to rank #1 (risk versus reward prop), then rank your IB #2.  Done.  No more debating your 4th ranked versus 5th ranked versus 6th ranked preference, because in this system, it is not likely to matter at all.[/quote]

If one's only choices are effectively their #1 preference and their IB, a ton of people would start moving out of DC, which isn't what DC wants.[/quote]

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