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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Believe it or not, DCPS may have more pressimg concerns than releasing data that will allow you to obsess over every aspect of this process. [/quote]

It's hardly obsessing to want to know if you should even bother using one of your lottery slots on a given school if there is pretty much zero chance you will ever get in. [/quote]

I think you can pretty well figure that out based on the data already.  Plus, very few people actually have more than 12 schools to put down anyway.  [/quote]

Not true x 2[/quote]

Right, so all of DCPS should cater to your insane maximizing?  No.  We already have plenty of data to understand our school choices.  If you feel like you need more data to precisely rank your choices then that's your issue.  Are you trying to tell me that everyone doesn't already understand that Inspired Teaching and CMI are very hard to get into?  I've done the lottery twice now, and I've had absolutely no problem understanding my choices and options.  What exactly more do you need?

If you have other concerns like doing research, or if you truly believe that there are compliance issues, sure, do a FOIA.  But I just don't buy that people don't have the data they need to do their lottery entries.  [/quote]

First of all, it's not "insane maximizing" to try to do further research for next year, especially for someone who was shut out this year.  Second, I believe the charter data is already out there, but that's not what I'm interested in.  I'm interested in what non-charter schools' waitlists are like, so I know if there's a chance for OOB within a reasonable distance from my home/work.  I don't think that's an insane thing to want, and I do think it is reasonable for taxpayers to have access to that data.[/quote]

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