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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maury parent here. Agree that it's by this time in fourth when absolutely everyone is talking about it.  Going through this now. Just know that what the kids says/wants is not always the same as what the parent is planning.[/quote]

My 3rd grader is at L-T and came home on Tuesday saying that there was a Latin Open House that evening. I don't know if that's true (I don't have a 4th grader), but I'm pretty sure that those of you thinking 3rd graders know nothing about the lottery/think everyone is going to the feeder are wrong.[/quote]

Does your 3rd grader even know what Latin is? Mine does not. They do know what the lottery is (vaguely) but do not know that many families at our school will use the lottery to attempt to get spots at Latin or Basis. My kid also doesn't know where those schools are, how our lives would change if they attended one of them (in terms of school commutes and our relationship to our neighborhood).

Sure, a kid might hear other kids talking about going to a Latin open house, or that their older sibling attends Basis. 3rd graders don't know what that means unless their parents are explaining all the context to them, which I definitely am not doing because I'd rather cross that bridge when we come to it.[/quote]

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