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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are about the same number of seats at "sought-after" schools this year as there was last year, right?  So arguably roughly the same percentage of people landed spots at "good" schools as last year.  But with the new system, it seems like if you had good luck, as opposed to bad, it is more likely that you got in your first choice as opposed to your second choice, so that is a good thing.  A  I don't think much has changed for the families with bad luck, except there is more certainty in years past, so if you have bad luck you have bad luck and you aren't all year hoping you will eventually get off one of your various WLs.  [b]Overally I think the DCPS system where your child's educational future depends on luck is really crappy.[/b]

With a PK4 kid this year, I can say we had very bad luck last year and very good luck this year.  So I am grateful.  But we could have easily had very bad luck again this year, and would have been very unhappy about that.  Not willing to wait until 2nd grade for things to work out.  If we were in a different system, where once you got into second grade you were set through 12th, then I would be ok with that.  When getting into a good school by second grade means you need to play your odds again a couple years later for 5th or 6th, it is a totally different ballgame.  I also believe it is part of the reason so many spots seem to open up by 2nd or 3rd.  People give up on the lottery by then and just move out of DC.  If you are going to uproot your child in 2nd or 3rd grade, I bet most families would want to be somewhere they know they can stay at least thru middle school. [/quote]

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