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7) whenever a student gets an acceptance into a higher ranked seat (1 over 2, 3 over 5, etc), the previous seat (from a lower rank) is added back into the pool of seats for that school/grade (this is where the student/parent school rankings come into play) 
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This is the part where I get confused - can anyone clarify?  Why would a previous seat be added back?[/quote]

In the example above - if you didn't get your #1, #2, or #3 seat you could theoretically be seated in #4.  If #1 open up (say a child who previous had it ranked the school at #2 and they got into their #1 later in the cycle) then you could ask for that seat again and be granted it because you are now the preferred student.  Technically you lost #4 and gained #1.  If you were to lose that #1 later in the algorithm then you could ask for #4 again and [b]most likely get it back[/b].  This is called "deferred acceptance" and the trickiest part of the lottery to explain.  [/quote]

Under what circumstances would you not get the #4 seat back? If the seat was taken by another student with higher preference for that school?[/quote]

Correct.  You would have lost that seat either way. [/quote]

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