Ooh, thanks for posting this, OP! I am totally curious what is going to come out. I imagine they will have to make an announcement by the end of this month/early next month if they are opening up the lottery in December.

It's coming. I think the changes are just not ready for prime time yet.

I emailed YY about their application date and was told it hadn't been set yet. Just received an email from another school that says they "will be participating in “MySchoolDC,” a common application for nearly all DC public schools. The application will be available online in early December 2013 with an early March 2014 deadline. Students will be matched or waitlisted to schools via lottery in mid-March 2014"

Seems like it will be more organized this year and people can't take up spots at multiple schools. Lets see how this goes...