[quote=UCGal]
How is the lottery any different than the choice system currently in place? You can apply to any school in the district – and they have some semi-random way of picking who gets to go. Once you get one child into the choiced school – the younger siblings can follow on. I know a couple of families that have choiced into LJHS and even more who upgraded to UCHS from Clairemont and Madison.

My kids go to Curie and they have classmates who have choiced in because they didn’t like the schools in Clairemont.[/quote]
It’s different because you’re not restricted to SDUSD.