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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think charters, especially at the elementary level, would be well advised to introduce a system similar to DCPS's list of priorities (rank 1 through 6). If you get into your priority no. 1 you're crossed of all others. If you get into priority no. 4 you're crossed off no. 5 and 6 but not no. 1, 2, and 3. By the end of the summer, that'll shake out to be a more optimal matching of demand with supply than one that's dictated by when lotteries happen to take place, who gets called when etc. And it would prevent parents holding spots at several to check them out because in the current process there is no need to check them out. Just get on all the lists and figure it out later. In turn, the schools would have to offer serious open houses, the kind that really allows parents to make an informed choice about their rankings.

And to all those on these pages of threads, which I admittedly didn't read in full length, I don't see a reason why one would choose a "least preferred" specialty charter school over, say, an average DCPS option, which are better general springboards into whatever preference you may be trying to lottery into over the years. Forcing a child through an immersion language or some other special gimmick that you have zero interest in is of much lesser value IMHO. Then again, as a DCPS parent, I'm kind of glad that the "lottery hoppers" aren't hopping in my backyard.[/quote]

Re the ranked lottery I thought the PCSB was working on that.?[/quote]

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