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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank goodness for online applications.  We are Washington DC residents and taxpayers, and were sent abroad by the U.S. government for a several month period that included the deadline for most charter school applications.  Thankfully, we were able to apply online, won the lottery, and we were back in DC by the time school began.

We would have been at a real disadvantage had there been some requirement for us to personally show up at a school to apply.  A lot of people in this town get sent overseas for a term by one agency or another.  It is essential that online registration be available for such families. [/quote]

it is also a great disadvantage to those who work multiple jobs who have to get there during school hours - or the teen mom who brings her child with her to school - to get to there for an open house.[/quote]

In cases like this I'm sure you could call or write and explain your situation.[/quote]

or not...this is how you can control your population.[/quote]

From what I understood in past years, they basically just accepted the first kids that apply. The last couple of years they pretty much just accepted you on the spot as soon as you said you were interested, then called you to get you to submit all your paperwork. While this may have been an OK method for them when they had extra slots, if they indeed become a more "desirable" school, I don't think this is a kosher way of running things. But maybe this will be the year they need to run a lottery for the first time.

I believe DC Bilingual also requires you to come in with all your paperwork (birth certificate, proof of residency, etc) in order to apply as well. That did keep me from applying, mostly because at the time I could not put my hands on my kid's birth certificate.[/quote]

This doesn't make sense. Lotteries generally happen in late March/early April and residency paperwork may not even be turned in until after April 1. Its also not legal for schools to ask information that would identify race or birthplace or other protected issues upon applying (information that would be on a birth certificate for example).[/quote]

DC Bilingual asked for a copy of my child's birth certificate before they would place him in the lottery.  We chose to apply elsewhere.  You are right in that none of the other schools asked for that information pre-lottery.  A BC was required at time of registration.  I think all of these schools do what the he'll they want until they get caught, i.e., LAMB with thier two separate lotteries.  [/quote]

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