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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=mcjd79][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have started too many threads.  Pick one and stick to it[/quote]

+1. OP, you seem a bit frantic and disoriented. The truth is, none of your realistic options are the ones that higher SES parents would choose all the way through elementary. All are fine for PK and maybe lower elementary though.[/quote]

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Another PP.  Thank you for putting this nicely.  I wanted to say the same thing, but was struggling to find the right words.  Clearly, OP is overwhelmed.  Clearly, OP doesn't realize that she can have other bites at the lottery apple next year.  Go with the school that works for you now.  You don't have a lot of great options to choose from, but none of them are terrible schools for ECE. There is no way you are getting into the HRCS this year.  Don't sweat it.  Play again next year and stop creating multiple threads. [/quote]

Unlike many folks here I don't want to bounce my kid around to different schools.  We want to enroll with the intent to stay for the long term.  We are not the SES parents trying to jump to the next best school. We just want to learn about what might be the best long term option.  And I will stop posting when I get information I am seeking on the different schools we are looking into. [/quote]

Lol.  When you have a realistic understanding of upper grades and middle school options at any of those schools, you will lottery out as soon as you can.[/quote]
For just a touch of perspective: it's pretty unusual that one enters a school at age three and exits the same school at the end of fifth grade anywhere else in this country. Yet we work ourselves into a lather about finding the best fit for our toddlers to meet their needs (and middle and high school feeder needs!) because there is the possibility of "locking it in" when some of them are still in diapers.

I went to nursery school in a church when I was four, kindergarten at my local elementary school when I was five. We moved when I was eight, and I went to a different ES in the same district.  I would not categorize this as being bounced around by my parents chasing the elusive perfect school. This happens all the time. Not just because a lottery makes it possible to keep trying year after year.

Does it get nuts here? Of course. But your sanctimony is a bit much - you have no idea how your child's first year at school will go, what her/his needs will be in a few years, or what your family situation will be.

Practical advice--unless you are taken with the extended-year model, skip Raymond. Skip Dorothy Heights as well. Neither are worth the cross-town commute. [/quote]

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