Tears at Charter School Lottery; Applications Up 20 Percent
The Christa McAuliffe Regional Public Charter School held its annual lottery for admission Thursday night.
Tears were flowing at the Thursday night's Christa McAuliffe Regional Public Charter School annual lottery. Some were tears of joy and some tears of dispair as they learned the fate of their child's application. Gustavo Andrade, who was accepted as student #122, can't wait to go to McAuliffe. "I'm very happy," he said with a big smile. He was helping his mom fill out the application forms immediately after the lottery. The current fifth grader at Wilson Elementary in Framingham, had to translate for his mom, who only spoke Portuguese. "I heard McAuliffe is the #1 middle school in Framingham. I wanted by son to get the best education," she told Framingham Patch via translation from her son. She said she hopes her two younger daughters can …
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Jenny Landsiedel
12:38 pm on Monday, February 25, 2013
To those that were involved in the lottery, and especially to those put on the waitlist, have you received a letter from McAuliffe yet? (I haven't and thought we were supposed to receive one by now.) more ›