Reply to Unified Lottery is official

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "Unified Lottery is official"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

That does seem to be the case, it's the price to pay to eliminate the worst of the September shuffle and keep people from holding multiple spots.  And it does put more pressure on parents to really rank schools properly.  But it also reduces pressure on parents who will have a much higher likelihood of getting into a school they want much earlier in the process, because it will have weeded out people who weren't really serious.  And it reduces pressure on the schools by allowing them to concentrate more on actual education than having to deal with people not showing up, dropping out in the first few weeks, etc.[/quote]

I largely agree, and I'll throw in the benefit that it allows DCPS and the PCSB to get hard data about actual parental preference.

However, I'll also counter that the whole system is based upon a dubious premise, which is that parents are able to conduct meaningful research. Most schools don't allow prospective families to tour the school when it's in session because they couldn't possibly, it would be too disruptive to bring that many people through. So most parents are limited to word of mouth and what they can learn on the Internet.[/quote]

Therefore leading to many kids not staying at a school after their first year and trying to lottery again based on more data.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics