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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m pretty sure my oldest applied for school the year the new lottery system began.  The big advantage I see is that it improves transparency and reduces the chances of f*c*ery for schools “reserving” spaces for certain families and mysterious waitlist movement that apparently used to occur.  [/quote]

I've used both systems and believe me, the common lottery is far superior.

Having a different number for every school might give a perception of hedging, but it isn't really hedging.  Instead of a bad master number, you could have 12 bad numbers.  There's still going to be someone with a really bad outcome, who doesn't get into any good schools, and it still could be you.  It's a much more complicated with no real improvement in outcomes, and it leads to the swapping issue.  The only way to really hedge is to apply to schools where you have a very good chance of getting in, but those are fewer and fewer.

The parents who are making their IB schools better are doing us all a service by expanding capacity.  Similarly when DCPS or charters expand seats or new schools.  That's really the only solution.

I don't think there's actually a shortage of quality seats in upper elementary WOTR.  It sometimes takes a while to get into a top choice and certain specific things like French or Hebrew or Montessori or a path to middle school are in short supply.  But I do think there's a seat in adequate elementary school for everyone WOTR.[/quote]

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