Erroneous info or big enrollment loophole?

[Anonymous]

We were at the Ward 2 common lottery info session at Ross this last weekend and both the presenters and the Ross principal were emphatic that you retain your spot at a school and inherit that school's feeder pattern even in you move out of boundary.

They said the boundary group advised changing this but for the moment that's how it stands.

This flies in the face of info we have read here.

For the record the dcps presenters were named Graves and Boquet, guessing folks will know the Ross
official.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous]We were at the Ward 2 common lottery info session at Ross this last weekend and both the presenters and the Ross principal were emphatic that you retain your spot at a school and inherit that school's feeder pattern even in you move out of boundary.

They said the boundary group advised changing this but for the moment that's how it stands.

This flies in the face of info we have read here.

For the record the dcps presenters were named Graves and Boquet, guessing folks will know the Ross
official. [/quote]

That's consistent with my understanding of the situation and also what I've read on here (occasionally people get it wrong, but usually are corrected).
But doing something like buying a house predicated on that policy would be risky because the change could happen an year now.

[Anonymous]

i think this applies only if you were admitted OOB to begin with, and move, still OOB. If you are IB and move OOB, you lose your spot and you lose your feeder rights.

[Anonymous]

Currently it is principal discretion. Sounds like the Ross principal is ok with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Currently it is principal discretion. Sounds like the Ross principal is ok with it.

This. No need to list names on anon forum - especially if it's not against the rules.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:i think this applies only if you were admitted OOB to begin with, and move, still OOB. If you are IB and move OOB, you lose your spot and you lose your feeder rights.

OP here, they were quite clear because people asked for clarification: You can live IB and move, but remain at your IB and keep its feeder. There was no mention of principal discretion, simply that this is the current rule.

Sorry to mention the DCPS names if that is not protocol here, but I figure anybody who wanted to act on this information would want to cite them or circle back for confirmation.

[Anonymous]

That's wrong.

[Anonymous]

Ross feeder is not particularly desirable in any case.

It is up to principal if once you complete a year, you can stay enrolled if you move OOB. If you rack up tardies because you're commuting from another area (the Hill to Dupont, say) then she's likely to ask you to switch schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ross feeder is not particularly desirable in any case.

It is up to principal if once you complete a year, you can stay enrolled if you move OOB. If you rack up tardies because you're commuting from another area (the Hill to Dupont, say) then she's likely to ask you to switch schools.

I think the option of moving to upper NW for a few months then leaving for parts each make this policy attractive. Some people call this boundary fraud, but according to the DCPS people at this meeting it is perfectly legit.

[Anonymous]

blah - parts "East"

[Anonymous]

We moved OOB from an IB admission after years of attending an otherwise highly enrolled and performing elementary school in Capitol Hill. No one has bothered us about it. We moved in 3rd grade after attending PS3-2nd, moving literally down the street into a bigger house. No principal nor school community in their right mind would want us to leave. You mean, after spending six years educating our child to become an excellent scholar, you'd want him to enter the testing grades one school over?! And I can't see DCPS wanting to bear down on cases like these.

While I'm sure this "loophole" can be used and abused strategically, I can't readily see a rule and its implementation that would catch the "bad apples" without dredging up a whole lot of legitimate cases. Going after that is an excellent example of a policy whose good intentions will result in overkill, especially in elementary school.

If you're really worried about people scamming feeder rights, then that's another issue that should be solved in its own right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We moved OOB from an IB admission after years of attending an otherwise highly enrolled and performing elementary school in Capitol Hill. No one has bothered us about it. We moved in 3rd grade after attending PS3-2nd, moving literally down the street into a bigger house. No principal nor school community in their right mind would want us to leave. You mean, after spending six years educating our child to become an excellent scholar, you'd want him to enter the testing grades one school over?! And I can't see DCPS wanting to bear down on cases like these.

While I'm sure this "loophole" can be used and abused strategically, I can't readily see a rule and its implementation that would catch the "bad apples" without dredging up a whole lot of legitimate cases. Going after that is an excellent example of a policy whose good intentions will result in overkill, especially in elementary school.

If you're really worried about people scamming feeder rights, then that's another issue that should be solved in its own right.

Whew, that's exactly my situation. Glad that's how it worked out. I imagine on the other side of the park where the Deal/Wilson feeder is so coveted its more of a thing.

[Anonymous]

It is more of a thing here and the rules are
1) if you got into a feeder school as an OOB kid, your rights are permanent - you get Lafayette Deal Wilson
2) if you are at at JKLM and move OOB after they have checked residency you have the right to remain for the rest of the year, but not afterwards, and you lose all feeder rights you had by being at whatever school you just got out of

Kind of seems like the OOB kids have a bit of an advantage - like Charter school kids, their parents can move anywhere in the city, although I guess there is no OOB sibling preference?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is more of a thing here and the rules are
1) if you got into a feeder school as an OOB kid, your rights are permanent - you get Lafayette Deal Wilson
2) if you are at at JKLM and move OOB after they have checked residency you have the right to remain for the rest of the year, but not afterwards, and you lose all feeder rights you had by being at whatever school you just got out of

Kind of seems like the OOB kids have a bit of an advantage - like Charter school kids, their parents can move anywhere in the city, although I guess there is no OOB sibling preference?

There is OOB sibling preference. It comes after all IB preference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i think this applies only if you were admitted OOB to begin with, and move, still OOB. If you are IB and move OOB, you lose your spot and you lose your feeder rights.

OP here, they were quite clear because people asked for clarification: You can live IB and move, but remain at your IB and keep its feeder. There was no mention of principal discretion, simply that this is the current rule.

Sorry to mention the DCPS names if that is not protocol here, but I figure anybody who wanted to act on this information would want to cite them or circle back for confirmation.

Thanks for posting this, and the names. I feel that one of the most annoying things about the lottery is the unequal access to information. Everyone should know what the rules are (and the rules should be the same for everyone).