Appeals process- DCC

[Anonymous]

This is the registrar. I meant to say Change of Choice, not COSA.

[Anonymous]

If the documentation is included and the new address is confirmed, the request will be approved. The issue of the bullying / documentation was not in the original post.

[Anonymous]

Op needs to speak to the Blair HS principal. It is unlikely she is going to get a COSA unless the bullying was well-documented AND attempts to address it failed last year at Northwood.

[Anonymous]

Change of Choice, not COSA.

[Anonymous]

Blair has about 3400 students. Do you really want your child in a school that large?

[Anonymous]

OP has not come back to confirm whether the bullying documentation was submitted.

And no, you do not “stop by” to see the registrar or principal. You make an appointment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Blair has about 3400 students. Do you really want your child in a school that large?

Obviously OP does. OP moved house so their daughter could go to Blair.

[Anonymous]

What does COSA stand for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does COSA stand for?

Change of School Assignment - it's the general form for going to a school other than the one your home is zoned for. In the DCC it's a Change of Choice because of the way the DCC operates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The DCC received 4500 COSA requests last year. Yours needs to be true hardship or uniqueness.

Interesting. Approximately what % of the Change of Choice requests were for Blair?

[Anonymous]

4500 COSA requests for MCPS, not for the DCC.

[Anonymous]

COSA is a different form from Change of Choice. Make sure you fill out the correct one.

[Anonymous]

And attach relevant documentation!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP did you try looking up MCPS “moved” or “change of address” that affects home school cluster?

Or try calling Blair or central office and say you moved from one cluster and are now in theirs/Blair’s and what should your next steps be to attend the proper school?

I think you’re over complicating this issue.

I have. The people at the consortium choice office (the people in charge of enrollment/transfers/etc) told me that since I'm requesting a change within the DCC, that I would ave to wait until January for the change of choice process. I don't understand why they're making it so complicated, especially because Blair is my home school, but nonetheless I'm just confused what my next steps have to be to ensure she goes there for the next school year.

I think they're right, though. Since she is already enrolled as a student at a DCC high school, there is a once-a-year process for requesting a transfer to another DCC school.

So she’s not guaranteed to go to her home school?

Makes no sense. Typical MCPS which is why they need outside advocate to cut through the MCPS bs.

It makes plenty of sense when there are hundreds of people trying to game the system like OP is.

Seriously? There are hundreds of people who actually moved so their kid can go to their preferred school after a COSA is rejected? I doubt that. Most people are not that persistent.

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Anonymous wrote:OP did you try looking up MCPS “moved” or “change of address” that affects home school cluster?

Or try calling Blair or central office and say you moved from one cluster and are now in theirs/Blair’s and what should your next steps be to attend the proper school?

I think you’re over complicating this issue.

I have. The people at the consortium choice office (the people in charge of enrollment/transfers/etc) told me that since I'm requesting a change within the DCC, that I would ave to wait until January for the change of choice process. I don't understand why they're making it so complicated, especially because Blair is my home school, but nonetheless I'm just confused what my next steps have to be to ensure she goes there for the next school year.

I think they're right, though. Since she is already enrolled as a student at a DCC high school, there is a once-a-year process for requesting a transfer to another DCC school.

So she’s not guaranteed to go to her home school?

Makes no sense. Typical MCPS which is why they need outside advocate to cut through the MCPS bs.

It makes plenty of sense when there are hundreds of people trying to game the system like OP is.

Seriously? There are hundreds of people who actually moved so their kid can go to their preferred school after a COSA is rejected? I doubt that. Most people are not that persistent.

+1. I have lived in the Einstein cluster for well over 20 years and had a kid go through Blair HS. I have literally heard of no one selling a home in one part of the DCC to buy a home zoned for Blair just so their kids can go to HS there. I'm sure it happens, but I do not think it is common.