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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Solidarity! First time PK3 here too!

I agonized a lot about the decision between our local IB (Tubman) vs trying to get into a good middle school path since we’re in our forever home (ITS was our top pick), and decided to just go with Tubman. I’ve heard great things, know several people there who are happy, and really look forward to meeting more neighborhood kids (and a short commute).

But I do have this fear that in 5 years, we’ll have struck out in the lottery 3-4 years in a row, and I’ll be stressed and kicking myself for letting this year go by without even trying.

We also have 2 (and hopefully one day 3) so one day that sibling preference will hopefully be our saving grace. We just need one good number for one kid one time, right?

Anyway, I feel your stress. I also have this sinking feeling like I did my application wrong and we’ll get nothing.

I try and remind myself that this is just the beginning of the loss of control over our kids’ lives and futures, so I need to get comfortable with that. I try and focus on the faith I have in my kid: he can handle what life throws at him, be it a crappy PK3 option or the inevitable bigger issues down the road. [/quote]

Yes!! I just worry that I did something wrong with my selections and rankings too. I never thought about it as the beginning of the loss of control and that’s so true, we’ve been able to sort of dictate how our children’s lives are wrt childcare and this is really hard to kind of just *hope* and leave it entirely up to chance but we can all lottery multiple years if needed.

This entire thread has surprisingly made me feel better when I thought I would still be super stressed. Thanks to everyone who posted and helped me refocus and see the good in having him start school soon, wherever he may land. 
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