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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All of the families IB for great schools who either do not have or can’t get into PK3/4 and are crying about the unfairness of it all need to get some perspective. Having a quality k-12 path ahead of you is 100X more important than either paying for or driving to free preschool. You don’t see this now because your child is young, but trust us old timers when we tell you to can it. You are in a position of great privilege. [/quote]

Yeah, those parents sticking it out in Shaw with their million dollar rowhomes and sending their kids to private are really underprivileged... [/quote]

You do realiz that most of us EOTP are not in this position, right?  The median HOUSEHOLD income in DC is 75K a year. [/quote]

So move to a condo? Otherwise what are you going to do? [/quote]

Don’t worry about me. I’ll figure out something. But if you think most people in this city can afford private easily you are truly out of touch. [/quote]

I mean you're making a lot of assumptions about me, but okay.

[b]Most of the EOTP families I know could afford to move WOTP but don't because they think it's too sleepy over here. Annoying to then listen to them complain about the lottery[/b]. [/quote]

As someone who theoretically could afford something in WOTP but chose EOTP for many personal, professional, and financial reasons, I think this is a bit unfair.  Perhaps many people here in the DCUM are too entitled, including my spouse and me, in our hope that lottery works out because we're concerned about the IB.  But we tried to be smart, and included schools other than the most popular and are very happy we got into a school we like yet that was realistic.  Ultimately, people are complaining because demand has for exceeded supply in terms of schools parents are comfortable with.  Whether you fault the system or the parents for not trusting neighborhood schools is kind of irrelevant -- fact is many do not, and many look desperately to the lottery to achieve the balances they want in their life, whatever they may be.  The lottery understandably causes a lot of stress for everyone, and I think we all should be a bit more understanding.  [i]That said[/i], I think [b]OP's complaints here come off as particularly entitled.  [/b]OP included only popular schools, no safeties, and is surprised about striking out.  Further, as others remarked, OP is fine for the long-term -- it was just about free pre-k.  Sure, it would be great that there truly was universal, wonderful PK3-12 in D.C., all walking difference from everyone's home.  But that just isn't the case, and so folks should try to edit themselves from whining when, overall, they're in good shape when others face bigger challenges (whether that is sending their kid to a school they're worried about, feeling like they have to move from a neighborhood they love, and so on).[/quote]

Both entitled.

Your only friends are rich, poster A. Sure, they're whining is also annoying, but I wish some folks on this board would just step outside their "UMC" (="UC" actually) bubbles just once.

You're whining when you are IB for one of the top DCPS, poster OP.[/quote]

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