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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you get a spot at Tyler traditional, how in the world will you know which teacher you'll have?  At the same time, your child will not be on a waitlist for any of the picks below (#3-6).

Yes, NoMa, typo.  Seaton is on Dad's commute.

Visit a school after enrolling and and ask a top administrator to put your kid in a good teacher's class.  Bring a letter requesting this teacher, cc'd to every administrator likely to be involved in class assignments.  They'll tell you that parents can't/don't pick teachers.  You politely make it clear that if your child isn't assigned said good teacher, that's the end of your relationship with the school for preschool.  Generally, a school seeking to boost middle-class enrollment, like Tyler Traditional, will play ball, without admitting as much.  But you'd better have a back-up plan if they won't, perhaps at a charter, private preschool or au pair agency.  You do what you must to make things work for your kid.  Much better than pulling out in the course of the school year with no fallback position after a bad teacher hasn't worked out (hint: this happens at Tyler Traditional).

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JO Wilson (a good many OOB spots and more middle-class friendly all the time)
Tyler Spanish Immersion (not very interested in the Spanish, already use two languages at home but good peer group)
Seaton (maybe be some middle-class [b]NoVA[/b] families this year)
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I sure hope you mean NoMa

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NoMa and Seaton aren't exactly near each other.  [/quote]

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