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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To go back to the original question, it's hard to play the lottery game unless you've got a back-up. [b]so nerve-wracking[/b], and the truth is, you may strike out on every front.
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This is really the crux of the matter.  We were very fortunate to get into a great charter, and that alleviates the nerves for 5 years or so - hopefully more.  But the stress never really goes away, OP.  Our charter goes all the way through high school (I suppose I outed myself there) - but it's a work in progress.  Like many DC schools, public and charter, middle school is a tough needle to thread, and the school (also like many others) experiences a significant amount of attrition post-elementary school.  So while we're set for the next 2-3 years, after that it's a year-by-year assessment.  Luckily, we have the resources to move if we need to - I can't imagine how stressful it would be if that's weren't a financially feasible option.

(Our backup plan was, and is, to move to the close-in suburbs.  The limited interaction we've had with private school kids - and parents - makes that options distasteful.  I realize I'm painting with a broad brush, and that there are many private school kids and parents who aren't unctuous douchebags.  I just haven't happened to meet any of them.)

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