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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree there is a LOT of variability in how waitlists are handled--a distressing amount for potential PS3 parents, in fact.  At our current EOTP school, which is considered pretty desirable, we were IB and in the single digits all summer.  We only go in after lobbying hard and hounding the woman in charge of the list with weekly calls and visits.  In the end, we realized there is probably no real "list" at all--it may be something she just sort of has in her head.

At the WOTP school we looked at this past week, the principal said that she works the list like it's her full time job.  She calls and emails everyone as soon as the list is official.  If you go away on vacation and want to give her a different number or email to use while you're away, she'll use that one instead.  It was pretty incredible to see the different attitudes, and sad, too. [/quote]

Waitlists really should be managed by the central office.  Until then, the lines will be fudged by some principals, either due to ineptness or outright favoring.  It still happens, even at the most-desirable schools, and I get the impression DCPS really doesn't mind.  [/quote]

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