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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the biggest issue is that there are only a handful of schools that people are genuinely happy to send their children.  Lots of people want to send their kids to an immersion school, yet there aren't that many options or seats.  It's sort of tough for me to understand why with the money we are spending schools for the most part in DC aren't great.  And yes, I absolutely think good parenting will allow a child to thrive in any school, but not every child has the kind of parents who read to them, help them with homework, etc.

I got a TERRIBLE lottery draw - an Appletree in Ward 7, my 12th choice was the only spot my son landed.  In actual fact I only know one or two families who landed one of their top five choices. IT's just hard here.[/quote]

This chart kinda illustrates what you are saying. Families in Wards 1-6 had much lower match rates than those in 7 and 8.

https://ms-dc.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/2016-lottery-match-rate-by-ward-of-residence.pdf

The overall match rate also declined this past year - from 72 to 70%.[/quote]

One more https://ms-dc.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/2016-lottery-unique-applicants-on-wls-by-grade.pdf[/quote]

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