high school feeder question. do oyster MS grads have a right to attend Wilson regardless of address?

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the information.

[Anonymous]

Yes, OA is still a feeder into Wilson for IB and OOB students.

[Anonymous]

Does it matter if we are IB now but move out come 9th grade? For example, can we move to Capitol Hill after DD graduates from Oyster?

[Anonymous]

Maybe it depends if you entered Oyster Adams as IB or lotteried in as OOB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does it matter if we are IB now but move out come 9th grade? For example, can we move to Capitol Hill after DD graduates from Oyster?

Then it is up to the Wilson principal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does it matter if we are IB now but move out come 9th grade? For example, can we move to Capitol Hill after DD graduates from Oyster?

I don't think that works, think about it. Then anyone could live in a wilson feeder and move out in 9th grade and do the exact same thing. How would that work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does it matter if we are IB now but move out come 9th grade? For example, can we move to Capitol Hill after DD graduates from Oyster?

I don't think that works, think about it. Then anyone could live in a Wilson feeder and move out in 9th grade and do the exact same thing. How would that work?

That's exactly how it works now in most of the city -- it's up to the current school principal to decide if a student whose family moves OOB can stay at the now OOB school and for how long. There are OOB students in 2nd or 3rd in Janney who got 'in' because they lived IB for a year or so and moved and the principal allowed them to stay which gives them the right to stay in teh Janney feeder pattern through Wilson.

Only notably, at Oyster Elementary, has the principal put the entire school community on notice that if you move OOB during the school year, the student can finish that year but not return the following fall unless they receive an OOB slot through the lottery..

The DME boundary proposal recommended that DCPS end or phase out principal discretion. But DCPS hasn't done that. So it's up to the principal to decide if a student can continue. If a student is chronically tardy or has other problems the can, after a series of warnings, send them to the students IB school. Supposedly that began happening to some students this fall at Wilson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does it matter if we are IB now but move out come 9th grade? For example, can we move to Capitol Hill after DD graduates from Oyster?

I don't think that works, think about it. Then anyone could live in a Wilson feeder and move out in 9th grade and do the exact same thing. How would that work?

That's exactly how it works now in most of the city -- it's up to the current school principal to decide if a student whose family moves OOB can stay at the now OOB school and for how long. There are OOB students in 2nd or 3rd in Janney who got 'in' because they lived IB for a year or so and moved and the principal allowed them to stay which gives them the right to stay in teh Janney feeder pattern through Wilson.

Only notably, at Oyster Elementary, has the principal put the entire school community on notice that if you move OOB during the school year, the student can finish that year but not return the following fall unless they receive an OOB slot through the lottery..

The DME boundary proposal recommended that DCPS end or phase out principal discretion. But DCPS hasn't done that. So it's up to the principal to decide if a student can continue. If a student is chronically tardy or has other problems the can, after a series of warnings, send them to the students IB school. Supposedly that began happening to some students this fall at Wilson.

I heard some OOB Deal students discussing this on the Metro in the spring. I know they were OOB because they were discussing their IB schools and how other kids were being sent back to them because of school issues.

[Anonymous]

we live IB for Oyster now. we may not long term. so it sounds like then Oyster grads DO NOT have access to Wilson regardless of address....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:we live IB for Oyster now. we may not long term. so it sounds like then Oyster grads DO NOT have access to Wilson regardless of address....

Chances are strong you can stay. But there is always a chance the policy MIGHT change in the future. It isn't a guarantee but DCPS so far has decided against shutting this option down.

[Anonymous]

For now the feeders pattern is still alive. It does't matter if you move OOB, you can still go to Wilson because OA feeds to Wilson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For now the feeders pattern is still alive. It does't matter if you move OOB, you can still go to Wilson because OA feeds to Wilson.

This is flat out wrong. The feeder pattern right only applies to OOB students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For now the feeders pattern is still alive. It does't matter if you move OOB, you can still go to Wilson because OA feeds to Wilson.

This is flat out wrong. The feeder pattern right only applies to OOB students.

Not true.

Show me the actual rule.

(Oyster-Adams could ask the student to leave, assuming they move out boundary in, say, 6th or 7th grade, but if they complete the MS cycle there I see no reason why they don't have guaranteed feeder access to Wilson like everyone else)