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[quote=Anonymous][quote=socool17]My daughter's in bound school is Backus.  The ratings for this school are poor, from what I'm reading.  I was going to list them...but as selection 12.[/quote]

Recommend listing another "safety" school as number 11 - such as, any less popular school which you find more desirable than your in bounds then (if there is one). We listed two out of bounds DCPS schools which are nearby or en route to work, but somewhat better performing than our IB which we ended up removing entirely, given that those two OOBs almost always went through their whole waitlists.

The people I know who actually got NO match in lottery at the PK level, it was because they DID NOT have a safety school (ie, all 12 slots were highly popular schools). THAT is poor strategy; they were overly confident. HOWEVER, they were able to add themselves to the waitlists at their in-bounds school or another less desirable DCPS and get in even after the lottery. You can do that. It was not a great idea but you can still add your child to lottery after the draw; they just will be at the end of the list (except I believe still get bumped up a bit if IB preference).

I still would list the long-shot charter schools as long as you have space on your list and really like them. I was surprised how many people I knew got a good PK3 draw (us included) and are now at these charters. You don't want to hedge your bets too much and then miss out.

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