If a school boundary changes when your kid is in 10th grade, what happens?

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Anonymous wrote:Does your kid get to finish out high school in the current school with a COSA or your kid has to go to the new school that you will be zoned for?

My kid will be in 9th grade in 2026-27. I am wondering what will happen for 10th grade since our high school will most likely be changed.

The superintendent has said he plans to recommend to the Board that rising 7th and 10th graders have to move to the new school, while rising 8th, 11th, and 12th graders get to stay at the old school.

It’s really disruptive to the rising 10th graders.

And the rising 7th graders. At least for the 10th graders there's some justification before you don't want the new high schools to have only freshmen in them and take 3 full years to fill up. But the middle schoolers are just changing places, not filling any empty schools, so there's no good reason to make the 7th graders switch besides "that's the way we've always done it."

High school is more detrimental as they need to apply for college. If they feel depressed during the change(e.g., leaving their friends), this has more impact on their future.

Maybe the kid can write an inspiring overcoming a hardship essay about changing high schools after freshman year.

You’re assuming all kids will be able to overcome this hardship without any damage.

So they are not suppose to make changes because there could be outliers?

The boundaries are changing and students have to change with them. There will be some adjustment.

They can make changes, but the impact should be minimized. Forcing high school students to leave their current school and attend a different one is not humane

It's not inhumane. The impacts and risks are minimized. A) They don't want 9th graders in huge schools all by themselves, b) Juniors and Seniors have more reason to stay, from a friend, teacher, and college/career perspective. So that means the rising 9th and 10th graders change. Minimizing impact doesn't mean there will be no impact.

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Anonymous wrote:We have been told DCC students who are now 8th graders will be able to stay at their high school even if they chose their home school and the home school changes.

Yes, DCC students and anyone in a county-managed program can stay even if they're in 9th next year. Others will likely have to move.

I get why students who’ve begun a county-managed program can stay, as well as DCC students who chose a school other than their home school. But why would DCC students in their home school get to stay?

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Anonymous wrote:We have been told DCC students who are now 8th graders will be able to stay at their high school even if they chose their home school and the home school changes.

Yes, DCC students and anyone in a county-managed program can stay even if they're in 9th next year. Others will likely have to move.

I get why students who’ve begun a county-managed program can stay, as well as DCC students who chose a school other than their home school. But why would DCC students in their home school get to stay?

This is how they worded it: "Students entering Grade 8 in 2025-2026, who have been accepted into a centrally managed program or assigned to a consortium, may remain in their current program/school until graduation."

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Back in the 80s, you got moved if you were a rising 11th grader, so count your blessings.

Both QO and Watkins Mill opened with 9th-11th grades.

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Anonymous wrote:We have been told DCC students who are now 8th graders will be able to stay at their high school even if they chose their home school and the home school changes.

Yes, DCC students and anyone in a county-managed program can stay even if they're in 9th next year. Others will likely have to move.

I get why students who’ve begun a county-managed program can stay, as well as DCC students who chose a school other than their home school. But why would DCC students in their home school get to stay?

DCC students don't technically have a home school. (Students in the base area of a school get preference for that school, but it's not the same thing.).