We didn’t get a good draw, but didn’t get a terrible one either. Originally got into our 12th choice our (guaranteed) IB. Got into AppleTree Lincoln Park in mid-September and SSMA shortly thereafter. Turned them both down as DD was settled at our IB, AT LP wasn’t a long term solution anyway and we’d become concerned about what we were hearing about SSMA.
This year we will lottery only for schools we might stay at through ES: SWS, 2R4, 2RY and a handful of IBs that aren’t ours (just in case a plague wipes out our Hill neighbors

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