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Anonymous wrote:It’s a lottery but per another thread there is also a waiver process. Likely some people you know who tell you their kids got in off the lottery actually used the waiver process. Just like some people who tell you that twins run in their family used IVF. People don’t necessarily want to invite potential judgement or follow up questions.

What's the waiver process?

Anonymous wrote:You gotta shmooze with the right people. You need to be in the “in” crowd. The same thing applies if you want your kid in the gifted and talented program.

Anonymous wrote:It’s a lottery but per another thread there is also a waiver process. Likely some people you know who tell you their kids got in off the lottery actually used the waiver process. Just like some people who tell you that twins run in their family used IVF. People don’t necessarily want to invite potential judgement or follow up questions.

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP: My name is Oz. While it is a true lottery, I do control it. Most children enter our esteemed school via a random lottery but there are conditions. Some of the "sporty" kids you mention are absolute jerks. While they are still, technically in the lottery, theirs will never be a low number. Similarly, there are some very sweet souled children in Arlington. Their spots tend to be lower numbered...something to do with weight of soul, I think.

You talk about a back door. Rarely will a wounded bird fly in through this really small hole at the top of the building but that will happen when another, not wounded bird, flies out at the same time. I don't know how those birds coordinate; it's always quite jarring when it happens.

And then there's money. If you can figure out who I am, please feel free to bribe me. However, like Edwin Edwards, the greatest governor from Louisiana since Louis P. Long, said "it's not a bribe if I do not do what you paid me to do."

Anonymous wrote:It’s a lottery but per another thread there is also a waiver process. Likely some people you know who tell you their kids got in off the lottery actually used the waiver process. Just like some people who tell you that twins run in their family used IVF. People don’t necessarily want to invite potential judgement or follow up questions.

Anonymous wrote:No conspiracy. I know staff that didn't get lottery spots.

Anonymous wrote:Everyone knows that HB uses the lottery system, but for many years I've noticed only a certain type of kid gets admitted. I have 3 kids, all of whom attended local public elementary schools. For each of their 6th grade entry years, we applied them. However, the closest any of my kids has gotten is 7th on the waitlist. I also applied them all periodically in other years, just to take the shot. None of my smart, well-rounded kids ever get in. But the kids who went to HB out of our local elementary school (and subsequent MS) all share similar characteristics: artsy, theatre kid type, not necessarily mainstream, an older sibling also goes, etc. Interestingly enough, HB has a strong theatre program but no sports. Many of our neighborhood friends and their kids also apply and notice the same pattern. Why could this be? Is HB a true lottery?