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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The lottery is available to anyone in the county who wants to attend. Your kid had the same shot mine did. That’s fair. You only think it’s not because yours didn’t win the random lottery.

Should we get rid of everything in APS that all kids can’t have exactly the same? How about AP classes? Sports teams? [/quote]

Multiple people are replying here.  How do you know who entered the lottery or how old their kids are?  You are looking at this from a "you" perspective and some people are looking at it from a "community" perspective.  We get it, you won the lottery so you are good with it.  You are entitled to your opinion.  Other people see it differently.[/quote]

Why not make it a magnet school, so at least students who worked hard and excelled could perceive to deserve it.

But right now with lottery, there is always the perception that someone can sneak in.

I would prefer to invest in neighborhood schools since magnets have their own fairness problems [/quote]

The perception that someone can sneak in is only in your mind, and isn't a real problem. [/quote]

BS. I know so many siblings at HB from NA schools. That’s fishy as he11. [/quote]

Hahaha, so you know some siblings at HB, so there must be something fishy? Thanks for the window into how your little mind works. I know so many families who did not get siblings into HB, including my own. What do you make of that?[/quote]

The odds of siblings getting in is VERY small.

Your case is typical. Obv there are some lottery entrees, it’s not all rigged.  That would be too easy to spot.

What is your point exactly?  And why the ad hominem attack on my “mind”?[/quote]

Ok, tell us then. What are the odds of a younger sibling getting in vs the number of siblings who actually do get in? [/quote]

About 1%.

I knew of two siblings at the school.

Each year there average about 20 kids from our school applying (and it was more before the private exodus), with 2 spots that 10%.

So two 10% chances means that it’s a 1% chance they both get in.

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