moving ob for school - do we loose spot?

[Anonymous]

You do not have to enter an address in the lottery. So you could apply to Eaton OOB and stay if you get in even if you move.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You do not have to enter an address in the lottery. So you could apply to Eaton OOB and stay if you get in even if you move.

Huh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You do not have to enter an address in the lottery. So you could apply to Eaton OOB and stay if you get in even if you move.

Huh?

This is true - you can leave the address section blank and forfeit any location preferences.

[Anonymous]

Why if you lived IB would you not use that to your advantage? The chance of getting in IB is much higher than OOB. She doesn't know where she is moving, much less when why not get in using IB address and then figure out OOB later?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why if you lived IB would you not use that to your advantage? The chance of getting in IB is much higher than OOB. She doesn't know where she is moving, much less when why not get in using IB address and then figure out OOB later?

Read this string. She is taking a gamble because she will eventually move (even if after the school year starts), and she might not be able to keep the slot OOB. At Eaton, she might be able to get in OOB, which means she could stay there if she moves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why if you lived IB would you not use that to your advantage? The chance of getting in IB is much higher than OOB. She doesn't know where she is moving, much less when why not get in using IB address and then figure out OOB later?

Read this string. She is taking a gamble because she will eventually move (even if after the school year starts), and she might not be able to keep the slot OOB. At Eaton, she might be able to get in OOB, which means she could stay there if she moves.

Sorry, that should read "she might not be able to keep the IB slot when she moves OOB."

[Anonymous]

Thanks everyone (except the loose lose poster). I appreciate it!

[Anonymous]

If you are IB on enrollment day you will be able to enroll at Eaton. If not, no. If you move out of boundary after that you will most likely be able to stay. This seems to be the practice in DC though it's at principal's discretion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are IB on enrollment day you will be able to enroll at Eaton. If not, no. If you move out of boundary after that you will most likely be able to stay. This seems to be the practice in DC though it's at principal's discretion.

This is interesting. Shouldn't the family actually be at the school for a year or two to be able to stay? If not, why wouldn't people cheat the system all the time? You could rent a place in Janney zone, enroll, attend for a month and then move to some cheaper neighborhood, no? Obviously that's a lot of work and it does seem to be a legal loophole, but it sounds like it could be done under the current system.

[Anonymous]

I think it is done. Not sure- no kids in school yet, but I have heard people do it...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here.

Eaton isn't overcrowded.

I was asking about how I should play the lottery not about scheming to keep an IB spot after we move ob. It sounds like I should put ob schools before eaton because if we get into those we are safer than if we get into eaton.

Thanks!

You might not think it is over crowded but we have friends whose kid is and IB sibling and didn't get into PK4 until the end of October. There are legitimate families applying for the spots. Time for you to move on.

Are you sure your friend was IB w/ sibling? I just looked at the lottery results from last year. The no. 1 person on the waiting list was OOB w/ sibling, which means all in-boundary people got in immediately.