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You don't give up your spot in your current school by entering the lottery.  Just apply to #1 school. If you get in, take the spot.  #2 school won't even know you applied to #1, unless you leave for #1.[/quote]

Whew! And yea![/quote]

I am not sure that is true since I thought I read that the common lottery would share wait list and acceptance info with all schools to prevent hogging wait lists.[/quote]

That is correct, but you will not be in violation of anything unless you accept the spot at #1 and don't let #2 know.[/quote]

I'm not sure you're right, PP.  The FAQ has the following entry:

[quote]Will the schools be able to see how I ranked them?
No. My School DC will not give this information to schools.[/quote]

If the schools share wait list information, they can probably infer the ranking.  That's not really such a great idea.  Do you want the charter in which you enroll your child to see that you are sitting on the wait list for two or three other charters?  Will you child be treated differently if word gets around that your family was not really committed?

Sharing enrollment information makes sense.  If children are enrolled in multiple schools, it will slow wait list movement.  Sharing wait list information is potentially prejudicial.[/quote]

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