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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]what happens if you don't like the school you were given, i.e. your # 6 choice? [/quote]

You're still on the list at 1-5. For K and up you can go to your in-bounds school. Hopefully there will be a second-chance lottery or some easy way to find leftover seats. [/quote]

From the article, it did not seem like this was the case. It sounds like you get ONE answer and don't stay on multiple waitlists, which is great![/quote]

That's actually awful because the schools need waitlists to fill spots and the waitlists should include people who placed the schools high on their lists.  It makes sense that if you get in at school #5 you are taken off the waitlists for schools you gave a lower preference but not a higher.  What if a kid gets in in February then moves before August?  How does the school replace the child without a waitlist to pull from?[/quote]

I think the wording in the article is confusing, but no where does it say that you are locked out of your higher choices.  It would make no sense for schools not to maintain any kind of waitlist, since as you mention, people may move, or go private, or whatever.  I think the point of the unified lottery is to streamline the process for parents, and also to make sure that people are not holding spots at multiple schools.[/quote]

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