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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree that right now advice is to apply to whatever schools might possibly be of interest and then see where you get in. However, I wonder what will happen if charter schools come up with a system similar to the DCPS one where most schools participate and you have to rank order preferences, limited to a certain # (which I assume would be above six because charters don't have boundaries from which to pull kids).[/quote]

I think that would be in everyone's best interests - schools and parents.  Let's hope it comes to pass.[/quote]

This defeats the purpose of having charter options in the first place. School choice is not a popularity contest.[/quote]

No, but it is supposed to create a sort of "market place" wherein parents choose the school(s) they prefer for their children, for whatever reason.  Family A might want Stokes for the French Immersion, family B might want Haynes for the summer sessions, yet family C might want Two Rivers for proximity.  Those are all examples of valid preferences.  As it stands, they all have the same odds of getting into those schools.  A is just as likely to get Two Rivers, B gets Stokes, and C gets Haynes.  If they could swap with each other, as in a true marketplace, that would be great for everyone, but they can't.  Ranking by preference is a step towards getting families into the schools they would really choose, if "school choice" functioned as advertised, instead of a default to "first pick among those to which we were accepted."  Will some schools still have hundreds of names on the WL?  Probably, but at least the ones who do get in will have really wanted it.[/quote]

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