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[quote=Anonymous]You can make yourself highly crazy with all of this, and it's helpful if you find yourself in that situation to just step back, step away from these boards, and trust that something will work out and to take it year by year. While it's true that the lottery has gotten lots more competitive, it's also true that several new charters seem to be up and running more effectively right off the bat. I'm in Ward 5 where there really weren't any PS options when I first went through the lottery (and where the schools are really problematic anyway), so we were dependent on the lottery, both DCPS and charters, to find a good school for our kid. We really love the neighborhood (Brookland), so moving wasn't something we wanted to do.

Stressful? Yes, definitely, at times. Our lottery numbers were lousy for PS3 but we ended up pulled off a DCPS waiting list for a pretty good school (but not the greatest fit for our kid). When we tried the lottery again for PS4, our numbers were lousier, but we ended up pulled off a charter waiting list for a school we love and plan to stay at for several years. While, sure, I wish we had a school down the street that would work and driving is a PITA  (note for any haters out there--with the strangeness of zoning lines, we're not even zoned for the school we could walk to. We'd need to drive or bus to our "neighborhood" school anyway), it's less stressful to put in that extra time than to have my daughter in a school I feel iffy, at best, about and to worry about her education every day.

Being patient and flexible helps (characteristics I definitely do not have an abundance of), but perseverance helps, too. And the system is crazy enough that there's movement even a month or so into the semester, and people do switch late (we did). Knowing the whole thing is a challenge can help, and also that the landscape changes quickly, so worrying about it too far in advance isn't going to help much.

Good luck. 
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