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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dumb question (from someone who's kid goes to a charter school in Baltimore, where all the charters are decided by lottery): How does enrollment work in DC? Lottery, but then wait list is determined by time-stamp of application?

(Good luck to all parents!)[/quote]

All initial spots are awarded by lottery, and does NOT take into account when you submitted your application...this is true for DCPS and charters. There are preferences that are applied to the lotteries. For DCPS schools those include: in-boundary with sibling (for PS/PK), in-boundary (for PS/PK), out-of-boundary with sibling, proximity, out-of boundary. For charters, preference in allowed for siblings of enrolled students (and I think founders' children might get preference...and maybe employees' children too?).

The only way "when" you apply comes into play is with waitlists...a handful of charters order their waitlists by time of application. So for schools like YY and Stokes applying on that first day (or even that first hour of the first day) is pretty important. Of course, you could apply the last day they are accepting applications and still get in if you're lucky enough to have your child's application drawn. Charters are permitted to determine how their waitlist is handled (by date stamp or by lottery) but the charter board has oversight. I can't say with with certainty, but I'm pretty sure that the Charter Board requires charters to honor whatever policy they set out for handling their waitlist. So I don't think they can cherry pick from the waitlist. [/quote]

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