Taking a year off between PK3 and K - Lose your spot?

[Anonymous]

Hello -

Our daughter is currently in PK3 out-of-bounds in a spot we got through the lottery last year. We have the chance to move to Europe for a year and were curious if she spent her PK4 year abroad, could she come back for Kindergarten - or would we be stuck with our IB school?

Any thoughts?

[Anonymous]

talk to the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello -

Our daughter is currently in PK3 out-of-bounds in a spot we got through the lottery last year. We have the chance to move to Europe for a year and were curious if she spent her PK4 year abroad, could she come back for Kindergarten - or would we be stuck with our IB school?

Any thoughts?

My thoughts are...who gives a crap! GO!

Sigh....I wish.

[Anonymous]

I'm curious about this too as it pertains to going to HRCS. What would happen if we spent K year abroad. Could we come back for 1st?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hello -

Our daughter is currently in PK3 out-of-bounds in a spot we got through the lottery last year. We have the chance to move to Europe for a year and were curious if she spent her PK4 year abroad, could she come back for Kindergarten - or would we be stuck with our IB school?

Any thoughts?

My thoughts are...who gives a crap! GO!

Sigh....I wish.

I don't know if you're joking, but I would be very careful about this. Having to relottery after the hell of lottering in in the first place would be awful. A lot of families are transient and there's no universal rule about this.

[Anonymous]

We are at HRCS.
School policy is they will hold a spot for 2 years. This means - if you leave they will allow you to re-enroll if there was a spot available.

For 1 family I know, they left and came back but there were no spots. They needed to attend their local school as no other spots were available.

Note- this was before the common lottery and I am not sure if that will change the rules at all.

[Anonymous]

No I'm not joking, I think sometimes we see things a little narrow here in DC. Give up the chance to live overseas? The chance for your 4 year old to truly learn a language and experience another culture?

The chance for the family to live in another city and country and experience another culture from the home persepective?

And you give it all up...because, your PS child has lotteried into a good PK spot?

I can't even believe that would be a consideration in my mind. I would go to Europe and never look back.

[Anonymous]

Talk to the school and see if they can hold it for you but for god sakes don't give up the chance to spend a year in Europe!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No I'm not joking, I think sometimes we see things a little narrow here in DC. Give up the chance to live overseas? The chance for your 4 year old to truly learn a language and experience another culture?

The chance for the family to live in another city and country and experience another culture from the home persepective?

And you give it all up...because, your PS child has lotteried into a good PK spot?

I can't even believe that would be a consideration in my mind. I would go to Europe and never look back.

And this show just how nuts dealing with DCPS/Charter schools has become in DC! Give up living in Europe because your kids entire academic career may hinge on how lucky they are at age 4 in a lottery. My kid isn't even old enough yet and I am already dreading it!. OP not only should you move to Europe, you may just want to stay there. I wish I could go too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are at HRCS.
School policy is they will hold a spot for 2 years. This means - if you leave they will allow you to re-enroll if there was a spot available.

For 1 family I know, they left and came back but there were no spots. They needed to attend their local school as no other spots were available.

Note- this was before the common lottery and I am not sure if that will change the rules at all.

Isn't the fact that it's HRCS mean that there are no spots available? I'm really curious of anyone who has experience with this. I'll be going to Europe in 2 years and need to know if we can kiss our HRCS goodbye with the temp. move. I'd think they'd be more flexible as our HRCS stops admitting kids after a certain grade, so it's not like another kid could take our spots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No I'm not joking, I think sometimes we see things a little narrow here in DC. Give up the chance to live overseas? The chance for your 4 year old to truly learn a language and experience another culture?

The chance for the family to live in another city and country and experience another culture from the home persepective?

And you give it all up...because, your PS child has lotteried into a good PK spot?

I can't even believe that would be a consideration in my mind. I would go to Europe and never look back.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No I'm not joking, I think sometimes we see things a little narrow here in DC. Give up the chance to live overseas? The chance for your 4 year old to truly learn a language and experience another culture?

The chance for the family to live in another city and country and experience another culture from the home persepective?

And you give it all up...because, your PS child has lotteried into a good PK spot?

I can't even believe that would be a consideration in my mind. I would go to Europe and never look back.

+1

You guys must desperately want a spot. Stop giving bad advice. The family will regret not getting clarification about this when they return.

[Anonymous]

bump

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No I'm not joking, I think sometimes we see things a little narrow here in DC. Give up the chance to live overseas? The chance for your 4 year old to truly learn a language and experience another culture?

The chance for the family to live in another city and country and experience another culture from the home persepective?

And you give it all up...because, your PS child has lotteried into a good PK spot?

I can't even believe that would be a consideration in my mind. I would go to Europe and never look back.

+1

You guys must desperately want a spot. Stop giving bad advice. The family will regret not getting clarification about this when they return.

Actually, my 4 year old is already in one of top charter schools. However, I would leave in a second if this chance came up. They don't need clarification, there are so many other options, it's so insane that this is even a conversation.

[Anonymous]

^^ what does the family do when they come back here to live and they have to settle for having to go through the lottery again? Tough titty, huh?