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Well, I guess we'll see if this is true because you don't have to do any of those things any longer if you get your kids into VPI (same process whether neighborhood school, or ATS). Not a lot "high involvement" required there. [/quote]

actually- to get your kids into VPI at ATS you absolutely have to apply 6 months prior to school starting, VPI applications are on the same schedule as lottery school applications.  And you have to opt to go to ATS over the nearest neighborhood school for VPI.   You can get into VPI after the April 15th application deadline, but you cannot get into VPI at ATS (its fills up with the people who applied by the deadline.)[/quote]

I was told that VPI was a lottery, not rolling admission. If it's a lottery, wouldn't it be held on one day? So you either get in or you don't, but you must have applied by whatever the lottery deadline is?[/quote]

VPI has a deadline- then applicants are ranked by order of priority.  But then, some people are let in as the summer goes on gets closer to school.   I don't know if they are saving seats, or if they don't get enough applications to completely fill the seats Apr 15th- but I know of high needs kids that were admitted to VPI when they were identified by school staff, or other community sources, even after the year had started.
Point being- those kids are not going to ATS b/c they ATS VPI slots due all fill right away.[/quote]

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