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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Free Pre-K lol, you get what you pay for. It is like watching a bunch of hungry people fight over cake.  :thumbdown:

Why not just pay for some small group instructional early learning center that fits well with your kids personality? That way you avoid the whole puppy-mil construct that is DCPS pre-K. My neighbors do the rat race and drive their kid halfway across town all for the privilege of saving a few dollars a day. People are cheap    [/quote]

You 1,000% missed a key concept. You stress about pre-k because that can be the easiest entry years into elementary schools and if you get lucky, middle and high schools. There are PLENTY of options I would be good with for pre-k, but I worried my first year (and still worry, though less) about not ever getting a good enough lottery draw to have a decent elementary option. Plus you are in your elementary school starting in pre-k, then that's one (or two or three) fewer transitions you have to put your kid through instead of switching schools every few years. People who are in bounds for Deal feeders are not stressing this way, it's those of us in not so great DCPS zones. [/quote]

This is the hidden process that just isn't apparent to most folks.[/quote]

Yep, get in ECE at your top school and if you continue to be happy smooth sailing thru elementary, middle, and maybe even high school.  We got really lucky in the lottery and such a huge relief not having to ever hopefully play again.

Get into one of your bottom choices and every year it’s a big stress to play again and again to then uproot your kid for another school and another school, and so forth.  It also creates stress and instability for your kid and the transition is harder as they get older.[/quote]

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