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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if it's for military or us government travel orders if that could help (anyone know?)

on an unrelated note, can you apply to these lotteries if you are NOT physically about to be in Dc?[/quote]

You could apply but you will need to be able to prove residency to enroll, and enrollment happens within a few weeks of lottery results, or on a rolling basis as people get off waitlists. So if you did the lottery and then didn’t have a dc address by the time you got a spot, you won’t be able to enroll and will lose it anyway.

Regarding military/government travel orders, very few such assignment are only one year, and even those that are have a high likelihood of being extended. Leaving a spot at a school with a mile long waitlist empty for a kid who might be gone a year but could also be gone three doesn’t seem right.

People could [b]easily avoid this issue by simply choosing to live somewhere with satisfactory IB schools [/b]if you think it’s likely you will be doing a stint abroad. Move to the suburbs are buy in the JR triangle. If you can plan a year abroad with kids, you obviously have some flexibility in terms of where you live. Why make a lottery-based charter your game plan here? It makes no sense.[/quote]

Oh, is that all they have to do? You, PP, are the poster child for DCUM privilege.[/quote]

I'm the PP. I cannot afford to live IB for JR or many other quality schools. I currently rent and am not sure I can own in this city, though moving out of the city requires purchasing a car so I don't know about that either.

OP owns a home and has a spouse being offered an academic fellowship in a foreign country, presumably to advance his career. She has options others do not, but wants a charter with a mile long waitlist to hold a spot for her kids for a year so that they can take advantage of a nice opportunity. She could, alternatively, just move to an area with a MS/HS they like.

I would bet you a million dollars (I don't have) that OP lives on Capitol Hill, in a house worth over a million, and could easily choose to live in another part of the district or the burbs. She just likes her neighborhood and doesn't want to have to compromise on anything.[/quote]

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