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06.05.08, 17:47 PM New York City
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Wow, someone from DOE just called me (8:45pm) to ask if it's correct that we didn't apply for any G&T school for our dc. I guess they're working overtime to get this going. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
New York City 06.05.08, 05:47 PM Flag
 

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Really? Do you live in a district with a struggling G&T - wondering if I will get a call [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 05:49 PM Flag
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District 3 but we're in Harlem. They Fedexed me a new application (bec of misprint)... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 05:52 PM Flag
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so they didn't have any application from you, or there was a misprint? I don't understand... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:01 PM Flag
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Apparently, they initially mailed us a wrong application. So, a week or so later, they fedexed us a correct application which we never submitted since we already have a school and weren't going to send dc to DOE school anyway. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:04 PM Flag
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>btw, maybe they called bec dc scored 99 (olsat/bsra) but didn't apply to any G&T... or bec dc has an ethnic name and they wanted to balance the class at Anderson (despite the lotto system)? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 05:50 PM Flag
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you're pulling our legs [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 05:54 PM Flag
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No way. A guy (I won't disclose his name) just called and asked. I can't believe anyone at the DOE is working this late but it's true. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 05:55 PM Flag
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wow. I am actually impressed with this. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 05:57 PM Flag
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I am, too. Which is why I ran over here to post. I think the mayor/Joel Klein know how upset the families are about prek situation and don't want to mess up K. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 05:59 PM Flag
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I'm impressed too. But bit concerned at the same time because our telephone no. on the application was totally wrong and I couldn't update it after many calls to the number indicated on the instruction sheet. So if they don't get our application, even if DOE people work their a*s off, I wouldn't get a call, I guess.... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:02 PM Flag
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You could call DOE and ask if they have your app'n... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:03 PM Flag
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called several numbers (incl. G&T office, Student enrollment office, no human voice, only voice messages. I left message in the earlie4r in the process, but gave up after not getting any responses.) -- if you know which no. or which person would be the best contact, let me know!! Pleeeeeese!!! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:06 PM Flag
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OP: the guy from DOE called me from this number. 212-374-0553 Not sure if he's working from home or from DOE office. Try it, never know. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:09 PM Flag
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Thank you ! You are so kind. Congratulation for the Hunter acceptance! I'll not bother him tonight, but I'll try to give this no. a try tomorrow morning. Many thanks!! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:11 PM Flag
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You're welcome. G/L!!! I wish you well!! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:12 PM Flag
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What was dc's score? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:09 PM Flag
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oh crap. ours was wrong too. yet another thing to worry about. ugh. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:06 PM Flag
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I think they called us bec dc qualified for citywide but didn't get a submission (maybe that's unusual?). Maybe they're doing citywide first before they do district G&T? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:07 PM Flag
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:00 PM Flag
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Okay I just checked my cell phone out of curiosity, nada. But you said their was a misprint on your original application, right? May be that is why. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:01 PM Flag
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may i ask why you didn't apply for a G& T school? with a kid with 99 (boy or girl?) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 05:59 PM Flag
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:00 PM Flag
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congratulations, and thanks for this post. very interesting. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:04 PM Flag
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Thank you and G/L to you all. I can't imagine having to wait all this time... and it's almost July! ugh, I feel for you but at least DOE is working nights, so who knows. Maybe next week. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:05 PM Flag
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Many, many of us had incorrect phone numbers on our forms. I wonder how the DOE knew the OP's correct phone number. Was hers actually correct on their form? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:12 PM Flag
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Hmm... they had our phone # from the application to request Olsat testing. Obviously since we didn't submit G&T application after we got the score back. And, yes, they had wrong phone # printed on the application to us. I didn't think they knew our correct phone #. Apparently, they do have the correct phone #, though they misprinted it on the application they mailed to you with the score. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:16 PM Flag
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Did anyone have a correct phone number on their application? Ours was wrong, I revised it on the application after not hearing back from them about it. Interesting. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:19 PM Flag
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>btw, I'm OP. Just to be clear, they printed wrong phone # (our home #) on the G&T app'n but they managed to call us, so they do have the right phone #. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:21 PM Flag
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Thanks for responding. That is very interesting that they would have searched back into their files for you to get the #. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:21 PM Flag
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I think they must have the data in the computer (though it failed to print correct # initially). I just wonder if they bothered to call us bec of 99 & ethnic name. Maybe they're (Anderson) trying to balance the class since they don't have onsite anymore by name? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:24 PM Flag
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I sure hope so. We are in an underrepresented district and ranked Anderson first (also have an ethnic name!). But who really knows. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:26 PM Flag
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If this is true, I believe the babies born from now on in the city will all have ethnic names :) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:28 PM Flag
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lolol [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:29 PM Flag
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My dc has a super duper ethnic name - no calls from the DOE making sure that we didn't forget to apply [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:29 PM Flag
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Just a guess but 99 with ethnic name is the ticket to Anderson. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:36 PM Flag
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Ha! Whatever it takes, baby, whatever it takes [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:30 PM Flag
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So may be we have a good chance to get into A? Our district doesn't have district G&T k, and our name are sure ethnic-y! At least I have one hopeful (even though it is just a hope) info :-) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:33 PM Flag
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Depends on the ethnicity. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:34 PM Flag
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What I read into this is that we are probably not getting letters next week. I predict it'll be the week of June 16 that letters go out. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:14 PM Flag
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Since the scores were sent out staggered, citywide will go out next week, I think. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:15 PM Flag
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I didn't know the scores were sent out staggered... we were on vacation. So did they send out the top scores first? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:20 PM Flag
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Yes. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:21 PM Flag
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NP: The score letters did seem to come in waves, with the highest scores in the first bunch. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:22 PM Flag
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OP: I think they're doing ANderson first. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:17 PM Flag
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I agree. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:19 PM Flag
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wouldn't they do all 99s first? I thought the idea was that they did a lottery of all 99, assigned them their top choices as available and then went to 98s.... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.06.08, 04:57 PM Flag
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i thought they took a lottery of 99s. the 99.1 got its top choice but handled each app and went down the list to fill the highest choice for that person then on the next. are they optimizing across the scores? trying to give 99s as many 1st choices as they can? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.06.08, 06:20 PM Flag
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Let's do some tea leaf reading here. I'll go out on a limb. The OP's report suggests that they're looking to balance out the citywide schools geographically and possibly in other ways. If this were a straight lottery by computer, why would they care about whether or not OP had returned her form? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:23 PM Flag
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I thought so, too. They will try to balance at least gender. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:25 PM Flag
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yep, that's what I think. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:26 PM Flag
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could you be reading too much into the fact that this particular person got a call? Maybe they are checking on all of the people who didn't respond. I remember reading somewhere earlier on this board when people were freaking out about certified mail that someone spoke to the DOE and heard they would be calling people from whom they had not gotten letters [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:45 PM Flag
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This is very possible. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:48 PM Flag
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:48 PM Flag
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Not really: 2,320 qualifiers for an entry grade. Say 80% returned their letters that leaves just about 464 people to call. If they assign 20 people 24 names each to call that is not a big deal (or 10 people 46 people to call) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:55 PM Flag
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Okay, but I somehow doubt that the DOE would be as efficient as this. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:57 PM Flag
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I don't know--to me that has bureaucracy written all over it! (delegate tasks in easy to digest pieces--no creative thought needed) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 07:04 PM Flag
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YOU ARE READING TOO MUCH INTO THIS. We got a call too. Very American sounding family in D3. They just wanted to confirm that we did not submit our G&T selections (which was correct). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.06.08, 01:43 PM Flag
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score??? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.06.08, 07:10 PM Flag
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Slightly off topic, but how far up into Harlem does District 3 go? I thought that central Harlem was District 5. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:29 PM Flag
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np - It goes up to 122nd or so [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:34 PM Flag
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Thanks [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:35 PM Flag
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123rd st [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.05.08, 06:34 PM Flag
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Doe messed up big this year. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.06.08, 06:21 PM Flag
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