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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean maybe she meant only if you get in somewhere.[/quote]
I don't get the lambasting of people for playing. We're in a PK3 program that is OK - some ups, some downs. The commute is fair, the school's location is not certain beyond the next year or so. As a result of all of those factors, we'll play the lottery and see if we get in somewhere with a more stable future (solid location, feeder path to good middle schools). If we don't get in anywhere like that, we'll just stay put and try again at K and see what happens. Our interest in moving our kid through another transition is pretty low - so it'd have to be a good choice.[/quote]

I agree, PP.  I think families should be allowed to roll the dice without being forced to switch if they hit the lottery jackpot.

However, when families roll the dice with little or no intention of switching, it makes it hard for charters to manage enrollment. Those families that get in but don't want to switch will probably drag their feet and hold those spots until the May 1 enrollment deadline.  Even worse, those families that get wait listed will sit on the wait list all summer, creating the impression that the school can fill many spots that open up over the summer or in the fall.  Of course, when the school calls those families to offer them spots, they decline.

I'm not sure what the right policy is.  Perhaps May 1 should be the deadline both to enroll if you are admitted and to "conditionally enroll" if you are wait listed, i.e., submit a form that transfers your enrollment from your current DCPS or DCPCS automatically if a spot opens up by, say, August 1.  Thus only serious participants would remain after May 1. [/quote]

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