Keep kids in same school after moving

[Anonymous]

Has anyone moved out of an elementary school boundary and just not updated the address to continue to keep your kids in the same school? On the flip side, what is the likelihood of being granted a school transfer to keep them in the same school for the next four years after moving if we did it properly?

[Anonymous]

Yes, people lie all the time. Did you want permission?

[Anonymous]

People do it, but usually the kids tell the teacher and other adults that they moved, and it’s not okay to ask your kids to lie. It’s also not okay to break rules and have your kids watch you do it. The word will get out to the school eventually and then you will have to switch schools unexpectedly which will be harder. Just switch schools according with your move. Or, get a house in the same area.

[Anonymous]

If you’re halfway through fifth grade or even fourth, okay. Your kid’s in first grade?!? No.

[Anonymous]

What is enrollment like at your school now?

[Anonymous]

Is the school in the same pyramid as your new house or are we talking about 10+ years? If they’d go to the same HS and MS regardless I see it differently.

[Anonymous]

We had a friend do this and then went he went to enroll a younger kid. They saw the new address and made his older kid move on short notice.

[Anonymous]

Socially, most kids adjust very quickly (it’s harder for the parents). It’s also nice and easier logically for the kid to go to the zoned school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is the school in the same pyramid as your new house or are we talking about 10+ years? If they’d go to the same HS and MS regardless I see it differently.

It would be the same pyramid.

[Anonymous]

No invite to your new house, dropping off/picking up your kid to school, remember to fill out old address on any school forms and make sure no important mails go to old address if you cannot retrieve. That is all I could think of the inconvenience for now.

[Anonymous]

Depends on the school and its enrollment. Our neighborhood elementary school is under enrolled so they let families staff even if they move to surrounding elementary school boundaries.