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October 3, 2011

Waiting lists frustrate parents

Parents frustrated as children languish on waiting lists

By Stephanie Ebbert, Jenna Russell and and Akilah Johnson

 |  Globe Staff  

  October 03, 2011

Almost 10,000 Boston students — nearly 18 percent of the student body — are still on waiting lists, trying to get into different schools than they were assigned.

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