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I agree.  I have been against this from the first it was mentioned.  I think the people pushing for it have to be the ones who either got shut out of school lotteries, simply because their luck was against them, and somehow think this will solve it.

The people who do the research and have luck on their side will continue to get into good schools they prefer.  It may just cut it down to one acceptance, not 6. [b]Yes, thereby giving 5 other families an acceptance. This is a good thing.[/b]

The people who randomly throw OOB and charter applications in the ring may still have luck on their side, they just might or might not get into a school that's a good fit for the family or their kid. [b]This is exactly the system we have now: people randomly throwing charter applications in the ring. People have stopped doing random OOB picks because they need to weigh their options more carefully. The new system will force parents to evaluate and rank charters as well.[/b]

The people who don't do applications and send their kids to their neighborhood school simply because they don't care or can't get their child to another side of town or they don't know any difference between DCPS and DCPCS will still continue to send their kids to their neighborhood school by default. [b]If these parents don't want to lottery, they don't have to. But if they have a preference, a school that they like and is close to them, they will be able to rank it first.
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This doesn't even the playing field in terms of opportunity for the neediest in our city.[b] The unified lottery is not meant to even the playing field; it's designed to help more people get into schools they like best.[/b]

This merges a system of neighborhood schools with a system of specialized and by-choice schools.[b] Yes, by definition.[/b]

I think it takes away from parents' choices and ultimately undermines the entire concept of school choice. - [b]Parents still have the same choices available to them. They will trade the possibility of many acceptances for a higher probability that they will get a school they really like.[/b][/quote]
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