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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm always interested in all of the spin in March and April over the lottery waitlists, as it has been my personal experience over the last eight years that most folks land somewhere within the public school system.  Maybe not their first choice, but somewhere acceptable.  I know several families who have moved year to year from amongst multiple highly regarded charters and neighborhood schools.  Does all of the spring angst really play out in the reality of school starting in September?  Were people really completely shut out?[/quote]

We were completely shut out.[/quote]

Next year put down your IB school. Problem solved.[/quote]

:roll: I did put down my IB school.  I was in the lottery for PK3.  I had the worst lottery number.  I was in the 20s at IB, and in the hundreds at more desirable schools.  Still waiting to hear from any school.[/quote]

Eyeroll right back at you. You obviously live in a catchment for a great school, so you'll get in by K at the latest. It's hard to feel sympathy for your "shutout."[/quote]

Really? Because I feel genuine sympathy, being in the same boat. It's hard to know that your odds of getting in next year have greatly reduced, as the number of available spots are greatly reduced from PreK3 to PreK4. It's hard knowing that if you don't get in anywhere in PreK3 or PreK4 you have to choose between your IB school or uprooting your entire family and selling your family home. The home you raised your children in. It's a cold-hearted person that doesn't feel sympathy for someone in the 12% who got shut out entirely in this sh***y system. [/quote]

Sorry, I don't feel *too* much sympathy for someone who's IB for Peabody-Watkins. Yes, it sucks to lose the lottery, but there are much, much more difficult options. I do have sympathy for her, though, because it stinks to buy IB for Peabdody-SWS and then not have the option of either one when the time comes.

Please take heart, PPs. There are many, many people who have lotteried successfully for PK4 (I am one) and also for K. Of my close friends parent friends, I know FIVE families that have gotten into HRCS this year in PK4 or K (Yu Ying, MV, Stokes and IT).[/quote]

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