I bought a house before submitting my lottery app but we haven't moved yet. I put the address of my new house. Slightly different situation, but technically my address was not correct on the application. However, I will have closed on the house by enrollment time

Anonymous wrote:^ this. Isn’t pre-K lottery for everyone and not at all based on IB/OB but only dc residency.

No. In-boundary (and sibling) preferences apply to the pre-k lottery.

Also, without sibling preference, there's a good chance you won't even get into PreK4 at your current IB school. Make sure you have a backup plan.

If you want to enroll and attend the school you are currently in boundary for, you should postpone your move until after you enroll in May.

Anonymous wrote:But I thought pre-K wasn’t based on IB!

What?

There is an in-boundary preference for every address in the city. It applies to every school application one way or another. If you live within the boundary for a school, you do not have to lottery into it like someone who lives outside the boundary does. You DO have to prove that you live within the boundary, though.

If you are confusing "IB/International Baccalaureate" with "IB/in-boundary" I apologize for misunderstanding.

^ this. Isn’t pre-K lottery for everyone and not at all based on IB/OB but only dc residency.

But I thought pre-K wasn’t based on IB!

Anonymous wrote:OP here. How it lying if today the day we submit our lottery submission we legally live and own at one address that is IB? We are in the process of hopefully buying a SFH. But some things are up in the air ATM. Are we supposed to not enter the lottery because we may or may not win a contract on a house in a different part of the city?

If it weren’t JKLM, would it even matter to folks here? If I was IB for Powell today but moving to a condo in JKLM later this summer, would the advice be the same?

It isn't about your address on the lottery. The issue is that when enrollment is open and you are submitting paperwork to register your kid at the JKLM, you will need to submit CURRENT documentation for living within the boundary. If you will not be able to provide that documentation when you're enrolling your child, which is usually in late April at the earliest (May this year), you will not be able to register for the IB spot. Instead, your child's name will be placed at the bottom of whatever their actual preference category is, and their spot will be given to whoever is next on the list.

You are in a sh*tty position - probably one of the worst lottery positions a person could find themselves in for the age your child is. But in reality, you need to lottery for wherever you'll be living in April/May and hope for the best.

OP here. How it lying if today the day we submit our lottery submission we legally live and own at one address that is IB? We are in the process of hopefully buying a SFH. But some things are up in the air ATM. Are we supposed to not enter the lottery because we may or may not win a contract on a house in a different part of the city?

If it weren’t JKLM, would it even matter to folks here? If I was IB for Powell today but moving to a condo in JKLM later this summer, would the advice be the same?

Anonymous wrote:^ registration system is NOT that sophisticated. And the people enrolling are not checking that closely. Have you ever attended a school registration event. There are hundreds of families. The registrar also has no idea if the person got their lottery spot bc of a location preference or out of general lottery luck. C’mon.

Except no one gets into pk4 in JKLM unless IB. Are you planning to lie, OP?

^ registration system is NOT that sophisticated. And the people enrolling are not checking that closely. Have you ever attended a school registration event. There are hundreds of families. The registrar also has no idea if the person got their lottery spot bc of a location preference or out of general lottery luck. C’mon.

You have to provide proof of residency in dc when you enroll, but you do not need to provide proof of your preference. How would the person enrolling at the school know to check for that. Let’s all agree that their registration system is that sophisticated.

Anonymous wrote:We’re currently in the process of moving out of a condo that is IB for JKLM. We’re doing lottery for pre-K 4. As of today, our address is IB but by the time the lottery results are posted, we’ll be in a different IB school zone. How does myschool lottery verify addresses?

The lottery doesn't verify your address but you have to prove residency (and that you are eligible for any preferences) when you enroll. So if you know where you are moving (and would consider attending your new IB school), put that address.

You have to provide proof-of-residency when you enroll

We’re currently in the process of moving out of a condo that is IB for JKLM. We’re doing lottery for pre-K 4. As of today, our address is IB but by the time the lottery results are posted, we’ll be in a different IB school zone. How does myschool lottery verify addresses?