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[quote=Anonymous]To PP above ^^, OP is saying people are saying that even with MySchoolDC this is happening.  What is it that you think will be different next year and where has that officially been announced?

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP is trolling.  If she has a question or concern specific to a particular school then she should put on her big girl pants and set up a meeting with the principal.  I suppose she could also ask other parents in the neighborhood if there is some real concern, but that puts her at risk of being perceived as a churlish shrew.  [/quote]

Totally agree.  This whole thread is pointless as an "abstract discussion".  Without naming schools who are allegedly doing this, there is no way to identify or confirm/refute whether these things are happening.  I know in my HRCS (different poster from others mentioning HRCSs) it's NOT happening, not by a long shot, because some of the people with connections who tried to exert influence to get in were very vocal in their displeasure about not getting in.   But that's one school.  If anything is happening anywhere else, posting what OP did at the start of this thread will do ZERO to get her an answer because without speficics, it's all rumors and guessing and silliness.[/quote]

This is OP. And what you describe is exactly why I posted here. What was posted on MOTH was vague and the school wasn't mentioned, so I don't have specifics. However, if this is how the wait lists secretly work, I want to know, so I can do what I can to get my kid into school. And if that means calling the school every week, and monitoring things very closely, I need to know that. What I thought was that the Waitlist would be respected. Apparently not at some schools. [/quote]

OP, you are still basically in the same position you were before posting though.  You still don't know which schools this applies to, and no one who knows which schools is going to publicly say so because they don't want to ruin their own chances (or get someone in trouble)(even if it's totally unfair!).  So you still are left to figure out how common it is and whether it applies to the schools you want your kid in.  But yes, I think it's safe to say that if well-connected people can still get their kids into some DCPS schools, mysteriously and miractulously OOB or without even being in the lottery... then yes, there is still some DCPS Principal flexibility that some schools probably use more than others.  Hardly hear of the charters doing this, but it may happen here and there... trick is, how will you find out where?[/quote]

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