I hope they put up these results tomorrow and don't keep us waiting any longer

Anonymous wrote:Hi all, Martin Austermuhle here, the WAMU reporter that was at LAMB for the lottery drawing. I was actually there for my own kid — didn't get a spot — but then met a woman who got a seat in PK-3. Ended up doing a story about it:

https://wamu.org/story/18/03/15/school-lottery-d-c-parents-leave-childrens-futures-hand-fate/

Thanks Martin. I really enjoy your reporting. I think that DC has totally messed up its school system with the lottery. (Its not sour grape- my kids attend a HRCS.) I agree with both the proposal to give preference to nearby schools as well as at risk kids. The system as it stands is so inequitable, looking at demographics.

Anonymous wrote:Hi all, Martin Austermuhle here, the WAMU reporter that was at LAMB for the lottery drawing. I was actually there for my own kid — didn't get a spot — but then met a woman who got a seat in PK-3. Ended up doing a story about it:

https://wamu.org/story/18/03/15/school-lottery-d-c-parents-leave-childrens-futures-hand-fate/

Martin, the Conor Williams quote and article was from 2014 before the common lottery, right?

[L]otteries don’t exist in a vacuum. If each one is neutral, a system of lotteries can still tilt in favor of families with sufficient resources and free time to get around town and apply to as many as possible. A student entered in ten charter school lotteries has a better chance at enrolling at one than a student entered in just one.

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Anonymous wrote:I know right? I didn't expect to get into LAMB, being outside the common lottery makes it a pretty tough nut to crack, but now that we didn't, I'm like "WHAT IF WE DON'T GET IN ANYWHERE?!" and I'm envisioning the moving truck coming to take us to MoCo. Irrational, I'm aware.

Ugh I know. Same here.

Two more years until kindergarten "free" in MoCo.

Anonymous wrote:Hi all, Martin Austermuhle here, the WAMU reporter that was at LAMB for the lottery drawing. I was actually there for my own kid — didn't get a spot — but then met a woman who got a seat in PK-3. Ended up doing a story about it:

https://wamu.org/story/18/03/15/school-lottery-d-c-parents-leave-childrens-futures-hand-fate/

Thank you gonna read it now

Anonymous wrote:I know right? I didn't expect to get into LAMB, being outside the common lottery makes it a pretty tough nut to crack, but now that we didn't, I'm like "WHAT IF WE DON'T GET IN ANYWHERE?!" and I'm envisioning the moving truck coming to take us to MoCo. Irrational, I'm aware.

Ugh I know. Same here.

Hi all, Martin Austermuhle here, the WAMU reporter that was at LAMB for the lottery drawing. I was actually there for my own kid — didn't get a spot — but then met a woman who got a seat in PK-3. Ended up doing a story about it:

https://wamu.org/story/18/03/15/school-lottery-d-c-parents-leave-childrens-futures-hand-fate/

I know right? I didn't expect to get into LAMB, being outside the common lottery makes it a pretty tough nut to crack, but now that we didn't, I'm like "WHAT IF WE DON'T GET IN ANYWHERE?!" and I'm envisioning the moving truck coming to take us to MoCo. Irrational, I'm aware.

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Anonymous wrote:LAMB is calling parents whose children were selected (for PK3 at least). I just got a call!

Same here!

When you get a call from a number you don't recognize hoping it might be LAMB telling you got it, but instead it's just that recording of the "Hello...this is Heather from Account Services" scam.

Congratulations! The school is not perfect, but we’re happy to be part of the school. Love the teachers.

Anonymous wrote:LAMB is calling parents whose children were selected (for PK3 at least). I just got a call!

Same here!

LAMB is calling parents whose children were selected (for PK3 at least). I just got a call!

Anonymous wrote:Anyone know where the list will be posted when it is? Will it be on their Facebook page? The News section of the website?

usually on the lottery page of their website

Anyone know where the list will be posted when it is? Will it be on their Facebook page? The News section of the website?

Anonymous wrote:Pk4 went, I believe, to 10 last year. We were 20 and carried false hope for a while escpeciallly as we watched the Pk3 list progress into 70s or 80s. K barely moved - maybe 2?

K went to 2. All siblings.