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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love how some people are wearing the lottery system as a badge of pride.  You must be one of the people who got into a good school or didn't have your boundary changed from a rising school to an absolute POS.  [/quote]

The actual methodology used by the lottery system in DC is a solid system. It's transparent and fair. The issue is the DC schools themselves, not the system by which people apply to them. There are few schools that meet the overall quality standards that many people have for elementary, middle and high school in DC. As a result, lotterying into the handful that are deemed "high quality" is very difficult because many people are competing for few spaces. [/quote]

I meant to add that my child attends our IB school, which is currently classified as a "focus" school and which has a large percentage of English language learners and students who come from very low income and/or unstable home environments. We didn't lottery into any of the Highly Regarded Public Schools for either of the 3 years we have entered the lottery. So it's not that I think the system works great because Larla goes to Paradise Elementary School. [/quote]

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