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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The lottery really is double-blind.  But, there are some kids that end up be3ign pupil placed for various reasons.

Based on some of the hand wringing in this thread about the timing and manner of the results, some of you may end up being frustrated by your HB experience.  It can be a messy place, but you have to let the magic happen!

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How can we apply for pupil placement?  Is that common?[/quote]

Show a legitimate need or know the right person. I know a 7th grader whose mom is friends with an APS administrator. That administrator was the right person.[/quote]

Kids get in off the wait list. Mine was #5 for our elementary, got in in eight grade. It turned out he was friends with the girl who was #4--she wasn't back at his neighborhood school at the beginning of eighth, then she showed up a week later and told her friends she had tried H-B and didn't like it so she switched back. He realized later that was why the spot opened up for him. But there is movement on wait lists, which may be why kids just show up at H-B in 7th or 8th. The enrollment is capped so the administrators can't just let kids in as a favor. (Also, seriously? Why would they do that?) [/quote]

No, this was sixth grade. Why would they do that? Friends do friends favors is the only explanation for the case I am familiar with. There was no need. [/quote]

An APS administrator got two principals to sign off on a transfer form for a kid who didn’t get in through the lottery and the principals were like sure, this is just some friend of yours, cool? [/quote]

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