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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love the people who are like, 'oh, you'll be fine!'  Listen - I live in NE and we lost the charter lottery many, many times. Ended up at Tyler for two years, which was a NIGHTMARE.  Now homeschooling for a year while we prepare for a move to MoCo. [/quote]

It's very unusual to strike out this badly.  Everyone I know got into somewhere acceptable by K.

OP, I know it sucks to pay for private preschool, but that's what people in lots of other places have to do.  I wouldn't pull up and leave a home and neighborhood you like over just one or two years of private.  Start saving now if you're that concerned.[/quote]
Everyone's got a story. Absolutely none of my friends (about 10) who played the lottery this year got in anywhere acceptable. And the chances of getting in after PK3 are far less. I don't know where this attitude of "you'll get in somewhere" comes from because I have only seen that very infrequently.[/quote]

Don't believe this until I see all ten of their list of 12 they consider "acceptable"[/quote]

+1.  Some people are unreasonable, or fail to create a strategic list.

Look, you cannot have your "affordable" rowhouse, walkable neighborhood, proximity to downtown, and eat your suburban school district cake too.  The iffy school is the reason you could afford your home!  People act so put-upon, but these things are connected.

We got lucky-- at the time we bought in Edgewood, the school was pretty questionable.  Didn't have kids then.  Now that we have a child almost age, the school is ok, and every year we can try for a charter, and flip the house in a few years if we have to.  Our gamble paid off.  OP, you are also in the sweet spot to win here.  You have the benefit of a lower housing cost because of Noyes having issues.  But you'll probably be able to get into another school that's ok, and maybe a charter that's great.  [/quote]

+1000 (although you left out suburban school district that you can walk to). Don't expect it all, people, we live in a city. If you want a decent school and the lottery doesn't work out for you, AND you still want to live in the city, you may have to go private. And in terms of the HRCS, there really are so, so few available spots.
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