Continue at current school after moving out of boundary?

[Anonymous]

So we actually like our DCPS but are thinking of moving to a bigger house still in the general neighborhood but out of boundary for our current school. I think if we are already attending the school we do not have to apply to get in for the next school year after we move and can just re-enroll. Is that correct? If not, what are the rules? Do we get a preference?

[Anonymous]

For this year, it is up to the principal's discretion. Some schools will let you do this, some won't. But the boundary changes had a provision that has not yet been implemented (which could be as early as next year) that once you move out of bounds, you can only stay if you secure a spot through the OOB lottery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For this year, it is up to the principal's discretion. Some schools will let you do this, some won't. But the boundary changes had a provision that has not yet been implemented (which could be as early as next year) that once you move out of bounds, you can only stay if you secure a spot through the OOB lottery.

Yikes, that would suck. Would that only apply to new families or would they implement it for families already enrolled in a school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For this year, it is up to the principal's discretion. Some schools will let you do this, some won't. But the boundary changes had a provision that has not yet been implemented (which could be as early as next year) that once you move out of bounds, you can only stay if you secure a spot through the OOB lottery.

Yikes, that would suck. Would that only apply to new families or would they implement it for families already enrolled in a school?

I don't think anyone knows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For this year, it is up to the principal's discretion. Some schools will let you do this, some won't. But the boundary changes had a provision that has not yet been implemented (which could be as early as next year) that once you move out of bounds, you can only stay if you secure a spot through the OOB lottery.

Yikes, that would suck. Would that only apply to new families or would they implement it for families already enrolled in a school?

All families. If they implement it, you could enter the lottery for 2016-7 and only move if you get an OOB spot in your school. If you don't, just keep living in your house (or change schools).

I think it's a very reasonable policy. You get to finish out the school year but after that you go to your new IB school or one you get into through the lottery. This is designed to avoid the situation where someone rents a place IB for an in-demand school for a few months when their kid is 3 or 4 and then has a right to go there and to all feeder schools for the next 14 years (plus preference for younger sibs). If they only applied it to new families there would still be decades of overcrowding at WOTP and a few other schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For this year, it is up to the principal's discretion. Some schools will let you do this, some won't. But the boundary changes had a provision that has not yet been implemented (which could be as early as next year) that once you move out of bounds, you can only stay if you secure a spot through the OOB lottery.

Yikes, that would suck. Would that only apply to new families or would they implement it for families already enrolled in a school?

All families. If they implement it, you could enter the lottery for 2016-7 and only move if you get an OOB spot in your school. If you don't, just keep living in your house (or change schools).

I think it's a very reasonable policy. You get to finish out the school year but after that you go to your new IB school or one you get into through the lottery. This is designed to avoid the situation where someone rents a place IB for an in-demand school for a few months when their kid is 3 or 4 and then has a right to go there and to all feeder schools for the next 14 years (plus preference for younger sibs). If they only applied it to new families there would still be decades of overcrowding at WOTP and a few other schools.

+1. I really, really hope this gets implemented asap.

[Anonymous]

Honestly, you should inquire with the principal. For this year, you're good no matter what. You've submitted your enrollment papers based on your IB address and that's what counts. We moved OOB (nearby still like you) later in elementary school, with our child having completed several years of schooling. The principal was very quick to point out that she is completely uninterested in having invested all that instruction in our child, only to see her move out. So it was all okay and we're still at the school. The principal's discretion, no machinations.

[Anonymous]

What school, OP? Certain schools, like Oyster, are already really strict about this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, you should inquire with the principal. For this year, you're good no matter what. You've submitted your enrollment papers based on your IB address and that's what counts. We moved OOB (nearby still like you) later in elementary school, with our child having completed several years of schooling. The principal was very quick to point out that she is completely uninterested in having invested all that instruction in our child, only to see her move out. So it was all okay and we're still at the school. The principal's discretion, no machinations.

This is precisely the policy has been changed. In the future, when you move, you move schools too; the principal will no longer have discretion to override the proof of in boundary residency.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know if this is the same for Pre-K 3 and 4? Because those are all lottery based anyway - whether if you move during the pre-k 3 year, you retain the spot for the pre-k 4 year since that's an all lottery year too (and them presumably get kicked out for K)?

[Anonymous]

I honestly do not believe that any principal or DCPS is going to kick out any OOB students--no matter how they became OOB--starting next year. So if you move out of bounds, the principal will likely let you stay and will not change their mind next year. Move next year and it is a different story. (I remain skeptical that anyone will get kicked out, but the policy states that you would depending on the lottery results.)

[Anonymous]

Its all up to the principal. Go talk to them and explain the situation and probably 95% of the time they will let your child stay.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For this year, it is up to the principal's discretion. Some schools will let you do this, some won't. But the boundary changes had a provision that has not yet been implemented (which could be as early as next year) that once you move out of bounds, you can only stay if you secure a spot through the OOB lottery.

Yikes, that would suck. Would that only apply to new families or would they implement it for families already enrolled in a school?

All families. If they implement it, you could enter the lottery for 2016-7 and only move if you get an OOB spot in your school. If you don't, just keep living in your house (or change schools).

I think it's a very reasonable policy. You get to finish out the school year but after that you go to your new IB school or one you get into through the lottery. This is designed to avoid the situation where someone rents a place IB for an in-demand school for a few months when their kid is 3 or 4 and then has a right to go there and to all feeder schools for the next 14 years (plus preference for younger sibs). If they only applied it to new families there would still be decades of overcrowding at WOTP and a few other schools.

+1. I really, really hope this gets implemented asap.

Well it would actually suck for families like mine just trying to live our lives without having our child bouncing to a new school for no reason. We'll probably be a 6-minute car ride away instead of 3 minutes. And it's not a fancy WOTP school, just a good EOTP school that we're sort of invested in now and that I wouldn't want to leave. But yes, we are renting (have been for two years) and we would like to buy a house in the area. In boundary for the current school would be great, but that's actually a pretty limited area. It seems silly to create a blanket rule like that when there are legitimate reasons people might want to stay in a school other than that they're "gaming the system."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I honestly do not believe that any principal or DCPS is going to kick out any OOB students--no matter how they became OOB--starting next year. So if you move out of bounds, the principal will likely let you stay and will not change their mind next year. Move next year and it is a different story. (I remain skeptical that anyone will get kicked out, but the policy states that you would depending on the lottery results.)

There was a woman on my planning committee whose kid was removed from Oyster when they moved OOB. So it does happen.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For this year, it is up to the principal's discretion. Some schools will let you do this, some won't. But the boundary changes had a provision that has not yet been implemented (which could be as early as next year) that once you move out of bounds, you can only stay if you secure a spot through the OOB lottery.

Yikes, that would suck. Would that only apply to new families or would they implement it for families already enrolled in a school?

All families. If they implement it, you could enter the lottery for 2016-7 and only move if you get an OOB spot in your school. If you don't, just keep living in your house (or change schools).

I think it's a very reasonable policy. You get to finish out the school year but after that you go to your new IB school or one you get into through the lottery. This is designed to avoid the situation where someone rents a place IB for an in-demand school for a few months when their kid is 3 or 4 and then has a right to go there and to all feeder schools for the next 14 years (plus preference for younger sibs). If they only applied it to new families there would still be decades of overcrowding at WOTP and a few other schools.

+1. I really, really hope this gets implemented asap.

Well it would actually suck for families like mine just trying to live our lives without having our child bouncing to a new school for no reason. We'll probably be a 6-minute car ride away instead of 3 minutes. And it's not a fancy WOTP school, just a good EOTP school that we're sort of invested in now and that I wouldn't want to leave. But yes, we are renting (have been for two years) and we would like to buy a house in the area. In boundary for the current school would be great, but that's actually a pretty limited area. It seems silly to create a blanket rule like that when there are legitimate reasons people might want to stay in a school other than that they're "gaming the system."

Is it Ross? If so - yeah, go to talk to the Principal. But, most likely you will have trouble keeping the spot.