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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree.[/quote]

Then congrats on never losing in the lottery. If you were totally shut out of your IB school and the next 10 closest, you might feel differently.

Again, we are just asking for what has been provided for the last 10 years. People seem to think that DCPS is upset that people keep applying to schools they have no chance of getting into. I'm not sure this will really solve that problem. Several parents have admitted that they have "thrown away" choices 9-12 on schools they have no chance of getting into because why not. The lottery situation at schools can change really quickly. Chances are you won't get in but you have to play to win.

DCPS should be a better job of highlighting up and coming schools in each of the Wards to try and get people there. The path they selected seems lazy and I doubt it works. 
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I just don't understand what data you think is going to help you so much here. At this point I think everyone knows that most IB and charters have WLs of some sort, so it is the nature of a lottery that you have a chance of not getting in. You have to have a plan B no matter what. I doubt people who are reading DCUM are really interested in enrolling their kids at places with very short waitlists. [/quote]

Sure they do.  It's called a safety school, and many people use that tactic.
The top 5 on their list may be strongly desired schools, but the bottom few might be schools that they are just OK with, but have a higher likelihood of getting into.
Just knowing that 5 got in off the waitlist doesn't help if they don't know how long the waitlist is.  If it's 5 out of 500, that's not great odds.  But 5 out of 20 might put it in reach.[/quote]

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