Lottery into your IB school - possible after K?

[Anonymous]

People have mentioned the benefits of lotterying into your IB so you can then move but stay at the school. Can you do this for any grade? Is there some downside?

[Anonymous]

Yes, it works at any grade.

[Anonymous]

Or, more accurately, I should say "you can try at any grade." It's all luck of the draw, of course.

[Anonymous]

As I understand it you don't have to lottery into your IB school beyond kindergarten it is guaranteed admission for K and up

[Anonymous]

Yes, but if you get in to your IB as OOB you are freed up to move if you wish. That is a nice option to have. I'm just surprised it is allowed frankly.

[Anonymous]

If there is a younger sibling it could be harder to get them in OOB.

[Anonymous]

But if the older one gets in, they'd get OOB w/ sibling

[Anonymous]

It's really a brilliant idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But if the older one gets in, they'd get OOB w/ sibling

At some sought after schools, OOB with sibling is not much of a guarantee.

[Anonymous]

But the point is, if there are OOB slots at all. But thanks for the genius poster PP. Obviously if it is filled with IB you won't get an OOB spot, but if an older child is in (say at 4th) you first grader with then be in line with a preference of OOB with sibling (accepted) ahead of other OOB families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but if you get in to your IB as OOB you are freed up to move if you wish. That is a nice option to have. I'm just surprised it is allowed frankly.

I'm not sure if this is true anymore. I think it's up to principal discretion to let the student stay if they move OOB. And yes, you do run a small risk of a younger sibling not being accepted and dealing with 2 schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but if you get in to your IB as OOB you are freed up to move if you wish. That is a nice option to have. I'm just surprised it is allowed frankly.

I'm not sure if this is true anymore. I think it's up to principal discretion to let the student stay if they move OOB. And yes, you do run a small risk of a younger sibling not being accepted and dealing with 2 schools.

If you have an inbounds spot then there is no longer principal discretion to let you stay of you move OOB, u less you secure a seat through the OOB lottery. What you can do is to secure a seat as an OOB student even though you are IB--and then they have to let you stay if you move out of bounds. That is what people are considering doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but if you get in to your IB as OOB you are freed up to move if you wish. That is a nice option to have. I'm just surprised it is allowed frankly.

I'm not sure if this is true anymore. I think it's up to principal discretion to let the student stay if they move OOB. And yes, you do run a small risk of a younger sibling not being accepted and dealing with 2 schools.

The whole point is that you lottery in as OOB, so then you can move. If I was doing this, I would wait to move until the second child got in as also OOB, but it would still gaurantee your feeder access if you did it in say 4th or 5th, then you could move and still go to Deal for example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but if you get in to your IB as OOB you are freed up to move if you wish. That is a nice option to have. I'm just surprised it is allowed frankly.

I'm not sure if this is true anymore. I think it's up to principal discretion to let the student stay if they move OOB. And yes, you do run a small risk of a younger sibling not being accepted and dealing with 2 schools.

If you have an inbounds spot then there is no longer principal discretion to let you stay of you move OOB, u less you secure a seat through the OOB lottery. What you can do is to secure a seat as an OOB student even though you are IB--and then they have to let you stay if you move out of bounds. That is what people are considering doing.

You are right. I misread as getting in IB then moving (several families seem to have done it at my school)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, but if you get in to your IB as OOB you are freed up to move if you wish. That is a nice option to have. I'm just surprised it is allowed frankly.

Officially it's not allowed. But it has been common practice in the past which is why so many students are at OOB schools currently.

Officially, IB and OOB are mutually exclusive. Getting into a school through OOB lottery does not give you IB status. You are OOB and subject to OOB lottery. DCPS is not obligated to educate your child anywhere other than the school assigned to your residence.

Unofficially, people have gamed the system. It is unlikely the first child will get kicked out because you moved. But there are no guarantees for siblings and a lot more scrutiny of residency these days.