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[quote=Anonymous]We knew we wanted to shoot for a lottery spot in PS-3 and were living in Adams Morgan at the time. We made the mistake of putting a lot of schools on our initial lottery that were based more on word of mouth from friends of ours who had kids at the same time, or high test scores, but were in a neighborhood we honestly would be able to trek to (Capitol Hill) or were small with literally no OOB slots and a long wait list (Ross etc.) What we did right was visit as many schools as we could during the school year while students were there and attend open houses. We got into a couple of charters(but not all) and were also surprised to find the local OOB-proximity school in a neighborhood where we were house shopping was actually quite good. That was a heavily Title 1 school that had higher test scores, a good principle - it was an up and coming school then, now the OOB wait lists are quite long.  
Also think about your commitment to immersion language and be sure to visit individual charters and DCPS that have what you think you are looking for. [/quote]

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