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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]It is patently false and unfair to keep stating either as fact or repeating a rumor that CM did not have public lotteries until this year. [b]I applied to the school in 2012 and still have an email from them stating when and where the lottery would be held[/b] and that families were invited to attend but not required to do so. [/quote]

[quote][b]I absolutely do not believe this. You say you have it, then copy and paste it here[/b]. You can take out your name and email addy, but copy and paste the whole message or it didn't happen. And I'm another who called the school that year by the way to ask when/where the lottery would be and was told there wasn't a public lottery.
 
Post the email.[/quote]

[quote]You're funny! Hmmm, wonder why they went ahead and joined the public lottery? Do you really think they didn't get heat from PCSB? [b]But it is absolute fact that at least in 2012 and 2013 it was NOT public.[/b] I think they may have done a public one earlier this year for the current school year. Can anyone confirm whether the one held in early 2014 was public or not? [/quote]

I do not think "absolute fact" means what you think it means.

From the application confirmation email I received when I applied in 2012:

"Dear parent/guardian,

I am writing to confirm that we received your application to enroll your child at Creative Minds International Public Charter School.  Thank you for your interest in our program.

We will be in touch with you after the enrollment period closes (after April 9, 2012, or if there is a lottery, after April 17, 2012) to let you know if your child was accepted for the 2012-2013 school year.   If accepted, you have until May 14, 2012 to complete and return your child’s enrollment information to save his/her space.  If we do not receive the enrollment packet by May 14, 2012, the space will be offered to the next student on our waitlist.

To learn more information about our program or the admissions process, please check our website at www.creativemindspcs.org, or attend an open house.

[b]Open Houses [/b]at 3224 16th Street NW Washington, DC 20010;

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

[b]Lottery[/b]

The Enrollment Lottery will be held at 3224 16th Street NW Washington, DC 20010 on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 7 p.m. Families are invited but not required to attend."

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(Corrected below post - I was not told there would be no lottery; I was told there'd be no public lottery.)

I applied for this exact same school year.  I did not receive this email, and when I called the school to ask about attending the lottery, I was told there was not a public lottery.  You did not paste sender info from this message, but giving you the benefit of the doubt that this is an actual copy of an email, my experience was still of being told explicitly that there would be no lottery that I could attend as a member of the public.  I was also on DCUM then, and there was discussion of the lack of a public lottery, and NO ONE mentioned having been given a time/date/location for a public one or of actually attending the CM lottery that year.  And there were many people like me who had contacted the school directly and been told what I was.  Honestly, the school itself doesn't claim to have had a public lottery that year.  So it didn't happen, regardless of this possibly legit email.

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Not to be rude, but which is more likely - the fact that you are the only one that didn't receive this email (when others obviously did) or that you just missed the email?

Many people contacted the school?  Which is more likely, that this is getting exaggerated or like the year before - they had a public lottery and no one showed up?

This is the same year that I applied and I didn't go to the lottery (I think I got a postcard with my waitlist number).   [/quote]

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