re: poliboard existentialism

Zip code huh?

So the rich folks don’t have to test to get into the Charter School for the Chosen Ones.

Got it.

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It’s an open-enrollment school in our zip code. That means anyone is eligible to attend. No testing in.

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Let's see what your statement really means...

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Main Round (NCAP): This is a structured lottery where you rank your top school choices. Priorities like Siblings (highest priority) and Geography are applied before the computer matches students to seats.
Open Enrollment: This occurs after the Main Round (usually starting in May or June). At this stage, geographic priority usually no longer applies because seats are filled on a first-come, first-served basis from whatever is left

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Interesting...

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How Geographic Priority Works in the Main Round
Because New Orleans is a decentralized charter system, there are no traditional "neighborhood schools" where residency automatically equals enrollment. Instead, residency acts as a "weight" in the lottery:

Geographic Zone Priority: Most K-8 schools reserve 50% of their available seats for students living within a specific geographic zone (often defined by zip codes).
Half-Mile Proximity: Some schools reserve up to 25% of seats specifically for families living within a half-mile radius of the school building.
High Schools: Most high schools in New Orleans do not offer geographic priority; they are typically open to students citywide.

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But kids still get into any school?

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Top-rated schools in New Orleans rarely have open slots during the Open Enrollment period because demand far exceeds supply. Most "A" and "B" rated schools fill all available seats during the Main Round (NCAP) lottery.

Highly Coveted Schools: Schools like Hynes Charter (Lakeview), Audubon Charter, and Benjamin Franklin Elementary are typically "full" immediately after the Main Round. For example, Hynes has previously received over 800 applications for roughly 50 spots.

A-Rated High Schools: Schools like Warren Easton and Edna Karr are extremely competitive; Warren Easton has seen nearly 2,500 applications for fewer than 200 seats.

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Is this a good approximation of how it works.

And have you visited the prisoner yet like you said you would?

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It's like no one here has ever been disappointed before.

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just disappointed your mom didn’t terminate

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Do you feel fulfilled? Maybe post more suppprt for geriatric reality tv stars who doesn’t know or care that you exist. That will show me.

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You had a good post going, Cubs. You shouldn’t have wrapped it in the anti-Trump stuff, at least not if you wanted any traction on this board.

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Plus you haven't said that your school doesnt have a radius weight.

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Nope. I said it’s an open-enrollment school. Anyone can go to there.

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It now seems like there is a small possibility that a random child not in your zip code can get into your children's school, and there is a minor chance that your first child would have not gotten into that school.

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My then-coworker lived down the street from the school and her kid didn’t get a seat at the school. A friend of mine (We became friends because our sons have been in the same class multiple times and are friends) - her youngest child didn’t get in for pre-K. I assume he got in for kinder next year as there are more kinder seats than pre-k seats.

It happens quite a bit. We’ve been very lucky.

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You shouldn’t have wrapped it in the anti-Trump stuff, at least not if you wanted any traction on this board.

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Part of my frustration is the board's fixation on Trump and national political theater in lieu of being concerned about state and local policies that have much greater impacts on our daily lives.

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That's part of what makes you a bad person.

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You went from calling me a fat person to a bad person. Can't wait to see what insults you muster up for me in your next post.

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You wouldn't care if someone killed innocent people? You don't want to judge them based on their prior history?

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The likelihood of a young black guy getting sentenced to probation for killing an innocent person in New Orleans are pretty slim. My job is to help people get diplomas. Memorizing people's charges doesn't help me do my job. Judging people based on their convictions doesn't help me do my job.

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You said you'd let this guy babysit your children. You are a terrible mother.

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I'm a terrible mother for saying I'd let someone who drove without a license babysit my kids? Noted. I was really wondering how you perceived my parenting based on your knowledge of the convictions of people I help at my job.

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Almost invariably, people who would prefer to serve time vs. probation are on drugs.

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Pre-trial detention isn't "serving time." His choice was to remain in pre-trial detention awaiting trial or take a plea deal and probation. Considering the backlogs in the courts, he likely would have remained in pre-trial detention for years awaiting trial.

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They'd rather serve 10 months and be done with it than have to worry about staying clean for three years of random drug tests.

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More evidence of your limited/nonexistent knowledge of the system. Substance users who get probation get sentenced to drug court, which entails random drug tests multiple times a week.

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Part of my frustration is the board's fixation on Trump and national political theater in lieu of being concerned about state and local policies that have much greater impacts on our daily lives.

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Meh, most of us aren't fleeing from the cops whilst driving without a license.

Most of us aren't sitting on the couch your husband paid for either. What's your point?

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Most of us aren't sitting on the couch your husband paid for either. What's your point?

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I'd be willing to bet NONE of you are sitting on a couch MY husband paid for.

What's YOUR point?