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[quote=Anonymous]Okay, gang. Here is how it works:

(1) Think of the lottery taking place in rounds. There are 12 rounds, one for each set of ranked preferences.

(2) For this explanation, assume there is one non-charter school, and we are applying for PK3. Let's call it Awesome School. Awesome School has 30 PK3 spaces.

(3)  Round 1: 40 people rank Awesome School as their #1 preference. So, we have a list of 40 people and 30 spaces. At the top of the list, we have students with preferences -- in-bounds, siblings, etc. Then the rest. The order of the rest is random, based on a randomly assigned lottery number. So, we now of 30 people who are temporarily "in" and 10 people on a waiting list.

(4) Round 2: 10 people rank Awesome School as their #2 preference. They are added to our first list, so now we have a list of 50 people. Some of these new students have in-bound preferences. If there are students on the temporary "in" list without sibling/inbound/etc. preferences, these students will be bumped down to the waiting list by the new crop that have preferences. It is unclear whether these Round 2 candidates will be placed below the Round 1 waitlisted students, or whether the list is re-ordered based on the randomly assigned lottery # at the beginning of the process (if someone has clarity on this point, please let me and the community know!).

Voila.

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