DCC high school options

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Anonymous wrote:You apply to the Blair SMAC or CAP magnets separately and those are awarded based on merit.

Then for the DCC you rank your top choices: if you do nothing, you'll be assigned t your zoned school. If you rank a different school higher, you may be assigned to it. So that's how you'd get into Blair, possibly, without getting into a magnet.

I don't know what happens if you get into a non-zoned school in the DCC and say "screw it I'm heading back to my home school." I don't think they could prevent you from doing that, but I may be wrong.

I don’t think you have a right to return to your home school

While officially this is what MCPS says, the reality is different. If your child lotteries into a different school in the choice process and then decides they want to return to home school, the principal of your home school can let them back in. I know two kids who have done this (they principal asked them to write a letter explaining why they wanted to be reassigned to home school--it was not a difficult process). If that didn't work, I also imagine you can unenroll from mcps, then re-enroll your kid and automatically be assigned to home school. Now that would be a PIA. But still an option. My kids attended schools with a lot of foreign families who would unenroll and re-enroll a couple of times a year, so it must be something that mcps is familiar with.

If transportation is not provided, I don't know how a public school system is going to say you can't return to the school that provides transit.

Bus transportation is provided for students living within the DCC boundaries to attend any DCC high school.

Ummmm no. Buses only support your IB school and special programs such as magnet. You opt out = you opt out

Sorry, you're incorrect. If your home is zoned to one DCC HS but you attend a different DCC HS via the choice process, then there is bus service provided (assuming you live outside of the school's walk zone).

But there’s only regular bus service for DCC students outside their home school, not activities buses. So a Northwood neighborhood kid who chooses Wheaton can take the bus to and from school, but won’t get bus service for after school activities.

Couldn't a high schooler just take the RideOn bus or metro?

Sure, but that’s not necessarily simple. DD would have had to take two ride on buses or bus to metro to a different bus to get from our house to her choice high school.

Using Ride-On seems like a great way to claw back funds from this boondoggle.

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Anonymous wrote:You apply to the Blair SMAC or CAP magnets separately and those are awarded based on merit.

Then for the DCC you rank your top choices: if you do nothing, you'll be assigned t your zoned school. If you rank a different school higher, you may be assigned to it. So that's how you'd get into Blair, possibly, without getting into a magnet.

I don't know what happens if you get into a non-zoned school in the DCC and say "screw it I'm heading back to my home school." I don't think they could prevent you from doing that, but I may be wrong.

My friend told as told they would have to go to the lotteried scigiol for one year and then could revert to the home school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You apply to the Blair SMAC or CAP magnets separately and those are awarded based on merit.

Then for the DCC you rank your top choices: if you do nothing, you'll be assigned t your zoned school. If you rank a different school higher, you may be assigned to it. So that's how you'd get into Blair, possibly, without getting into a magnet.

I don't know what happens if you get into a non-zoned school in the DCC and say "screw it I'm heading back to my home school." I don't think they could prevent you from doing that, but I may be wrong.

My friend told as told they would have to go to the lotteried scigiol for one year and then could revert to the home school.

Basically you fill out the Choice form again in the spring, this time putting your home school first.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You apply to the Blair SMAC or CAP magnets separately and those are awarded based on merit.

Then for the DCC you rank your top choices: if you do nothing, you'll be assigned t your zoned school. If you rank a different school higher, you may be assigned to it. So that's how you'd get into Blair, possibly, without getting into a magnet.

I don't know what happens if you get into a non-zoned school in the DCC and say "screw it I'm heading back to my home school." I don't think they could prevent you from doing that, but I may be wrong.

My friend told as told they would have to go to the lotteried scigiol for one year and then could revert to the home school.

Basically you fill out the Choice form again in the spring, this time putting your home school first.

It's called a Change of Choice form, and I think it needs to be submitted by February to change schools for the following year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You apply to the Blair SMAC or CAP magnets separately and those are awarded based on merit.

Then for the DCC you rank your top choices: if you do nothing, you'll be assigned t your zoned school. If you rank a different school higher, you may be assigned to it. So that's how you'd get into Blair, possibly, without getting into a magnet.

I don't know what happens if you get into a non-zoned school in the DCC and say "screw it I'm heading back to my home school." I don't think they could prevent you from doing that, but I may be wrong.

My friend told as told they would have to go to the lotteried scigiol for one year and then could revert to the home school.

Basically you fill out the Choice form again in the spring, this time putting your home school first.

It's called a Change of Choice form, and I think it needs to be submitted by February to change schools for the following year.

thank you- this is good to know!