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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP. I have been wondering about this also. We are thinking of changing schools but would only change if both kids got in to the new school (charter). If not we would enroll our younger one in PK3 at our in boundary school where our older one is.

Under the old system I could hold the IB spot to see if the charter spots came through - right through the summer.

Now I have to choose whether to place the charter above or below our IB school. If I place the charter above and the younger gets in but the older doesn't, I am cut out of our IB school until K and have kids at different schools. If I place the charter below I will likely get in to the IB school, so my younger won't end up on the wait list for the charter.

I don't feel like I am trying to game the system. Of course I can just go down the in boundary DCPS track. And it is a good school. But the middle school path is uncertain, and we would love to have language immersion.

Nostalgic for the chaos and flexibility of all the charters having their own lotteries. [/quote]

The families that did not get any spots in the lottery last year are not nostalgic for that at all, I assure you.

Even if you get "shut out" of your IB school, it is for 2 years at most.  This is not a tragedy.  [/quote]

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