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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LAMB had 533 applicants for the 11 available Pre-K 3 spots.  They only take kids at PK-3 and PK-4, and had no slots for PK-4.  They may have had a couple of extra slots over the summer due to attrition.

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Based on the high-status individuals who "won" spots for the PK'er this year–and due to the fact that they haven't entered the citywide shared system–I'm going to speculate they only people who got spots last year, and into the future until the join the common lottery,  are very well connected insiders.
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What high-status individual's kid is at LAMB?[/quote]

We were one of the families that won one of the 11 available PreK3 spots at LAMB this past year in the lottery. I think that only ten families won this year because one family has twins.

Our family is not connected in any way to the school, OSSE, educational policy, or anything else 'prominent' -- we certainly have no 'status'. I am confident that if the lottery had been rigged, we would not have won!! Due to start-of-school playdates and orientations, I also know five of the other nine families that won the lottery this year. None have any connections or 'status' so to speak; all work in fields unrelated to education and are not prominent individuals.

Overall, I am fairly confident that the LAMB lottery is not rigged for the following additional reasons:
1. It is an open lottery that a lot of people attended in person. (I didn't attend based on low chances but they call you later that day if you win). People observe the lottery to make sure it is not rigged. 
2. After getting to know the LAMB administration, I think that they care too much about their school's reputation to put it at risk by rigging the lottery. It just wouldn't be worth it to them to take that risk. 
3. All of the entering students this year were boys, as well as many of the siblings. As a result, many of the classrooms are now predominantly boys in the younger age group. The administration was really frustrated by this because it makes it hard to have balanced classes - but as one of the administrators said, "that's what you get when you have a lottery. You don't get to choose". 
4. As noted above, and at the risk of being repetitive, our family and most of the others I know wouldn't have been accepted if it had been rigged.....

I think they might not be joining the common lottery because they don't want to have to lottery in kids in the upper grades. The Montessori model works best when kids enter at a young age, which is why they only have spots in PK3 and PK4.

LAMB lottery is not rigged. If a prominent individual won, they won fair and square. Just like we did. We were just lucky. (Don't hate us).[/quote]

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