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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Something that's great about NE is that's where so many desirable charters are located. So you actually have a lot of options without a horrible commute.

I live in NE too, and while I know a few families who left DC I know many more pleasantly surprised by where they ended up for PK3 and also lots who were not super excited by first school but lotteried into top choices in PK4, K and even 1st.[/quote]

OP here- this may be a stupid question and probably one I can answer through googling, but [b]if folks get into the best charter for PK3, do they leave for PK4 and those spots open up?  In other words, why should I expect spots to open up for PK4 - wouldnt PK4 be full because people get into PK3[/b]?

Another concern of mine is that even if my daughter gets into a good elementary school, will we really want to separate her from her friends to go to a different middle or high school?  It just seems like a lot of uncertainty through all of the schooling years.  I am sorry for the pessimism and really appreciate the replies so far, as hearing from other people helps ease my mind on this![/quote]

One reason is WOTP schools don't have PK3. So some kids will go to a charter or EOTP DCPS in PK3 and then move to their IB WOTP elementary.[/quote]

Yes, this is us. The DCPS we attend for Pre-K3, however, is not one OP would try to lottery into for PK4.

We couldn't take the uncertainty beyond Pre-K, that's why we stretched to buy a small fixer upper WOTP. I sometimes wonder what it would have been like to get a nice renovated rowhouse for less money and hope for luck in the school lottery, but considering how it went for us this year, I'm glad we didn't take the risk. That said, I think the school we got into is totally fine for Pre-K (although apparently the gentrifiers in the neighborhood don't really think so yet), and I'm just grateful we got in somewhere. I don't know anything about Noyes, but am under the impression that for Pre-K, most DCPS are at least acceptable.[/quote]

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