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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, it is depressing! I am in my second year of lotterying, and it is difficult to hear people rave about their charters and know that you have almost no chance of getting in. Not to say that there aren't other routes to go and other good programs, but it is a real bummer how competitive things are. [/quote]

I hate when people from MV and YY come on and rave about "come visit our great school" as if anything but luck matters when getting into the school.  Sure, I'll visit - if you can tell me that it's really more than a lottery ticket or the birth of another child that would get my kid into one of your 10 slots.

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I'm an IT parent, DD is PS3, I've posted in other threads that I used the internet/DCUM and other parent boards to research and decide which schools I would apply to; I did not get my hopes up for any school until I got my lottery numbers, and only visited IT after we got in off of the waitlist. I usually advise that parents with kids applying for PS3-K follow a similar course, the lottery process is just heartwrenching, and it wastes too much energy otherwise.

FWIW, I applied to 6 DCPS and 5 charters; I got calls for 2 of the DCPS schools before the school year ended, but chose IT and we are very happy. I was also willing to bite the bullet and keep DD at her previous daycare/school if we hadn't gotten into a school I was happy with. Best of luck to everyone this year, I remember the experience all too well. [/quote]

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