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[quote=Anonymous]If we can establish a single enrollment database that reflects DCPS and charters then you can solve a lot of the "multiple enrollments" problem...but you can never solve it all because of privates. Families will understandably hold a spot at a public school (for which they paid taxes to support) but may be holding out for a spot on a private school waitlist, or be waiting to make sure they can afford it, or whatever. Families have many, many reasons why they play the enrollment games they do. I agree that it can be disruptive but I don't think it's disruptive to the extent OP infers. We pulled our son from a popular charter three weeks into school because we got a call from the DCPS we really wanted. We weren't holding multiple spots, but we did have preferences and made the jump. It was a little scary having him move schools after he was getting used to the charter, but it was well worth it. And don't forget that charters establish their own schedules. Yes, most of them follow DCPS pretty closely, but they don't have to. Haynes is a year-round so that alone can cause some shuffling and shifting. It is not a perfect system and any effort to limit the number of enrollment spots any child can hold to one would be a good move, but I'd much prefer to maintain the level of choice we now have (up to 6 DCPS, unlimited charters) than diminish that. I know I would be very vocal if any efforts to curb our choice were suggested. [/quote]

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