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[quote=Anonymous][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. [b]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[/b][u] (if someone has clarity on this point, please let me and the community know!).

Voila.

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This is also the only piece I'm not clear on.  Getting down in the weeds, but the answer may still have an effect on my strategy.  So if anyone has an answer, please let us know.  Thanks![/quote]

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