Intent to re-enroll form?

[Anonymous]

We got an intent to re-enroll form from our school today? Is this normal? If you check "maybe", have you found your kid was treated ok for the rest of the year?

[Anonymous]

They are probably trying to decide how many seats to offer out in the lottery.

[Anonymous]

We waited until the last possible minute to submit ours. It was literally the last day or school or close to it. I was worried that my kid would be treated differently if they knew we weren't returning. As it turns out, we got a dirty look and some grumbling from the school receptionist once we turned the form in, so I'm glad we waited.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We got an intent to re-enroll form from our school today? Is this normal? If you check "maybe", have you found your kid was treated ok for the rest of the year?

I'm a teacher and often know far in advance when families plan to leave. I never treat them differently. The intent is just to get an idea of how many spots we'll need to fill to make enrollment targets. Lots of our families return the forms and/or wait until the last minute to re-enroll and then get mad when their class is overcrowded because we pulled from the waitlist. Please return the forms!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We waited until the last possible minute to submit ours. It was literally the last day or school or close to it. I was worried that my kid would be treated differently if they knew we weren't returning. As it turns out, we got a dirty look and some grumbling from the school receptionist once we turned the form in, so I'm glad we waited.

The grumble was because you waited!

[Anonymous]

The purpose is to help them set the budget for next year and decide how many teachers they are going to need. OMG people send this in the day you get it!!!! They have to guess otherwise. The teacher could care less if your kid gets to go to private school or moves to Turkey. Kids come and go all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We waited until the last possible minute to submit ours. It was literally the last day or school or close to it. I was worried that my kid would be treated differently if they knew we weren't returning. As it turns out, we got a dirty look and some grumbling from the school receptionist once we turned the form in, so I'm glad we waited.

The grumble was because you waited!

Don't mess with the front office staff and make their loves more difficult.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We waited until the last possible minute to submit ours. It was literally the last day or school or close to it. I was worried that my kid would be treated differently if they knew we weren't returning. As it turns out, we got a dirty look and some grumbling from the school receptionist once we turned the form in, so I'm glad we waited.

The grumble was because you waited!

Don't mess with the front office staff and make their loves more difficult.

It's true. One time I gave some relationship advice and never lived it down...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We waited until the last possible minute to submit ours. It was literally the last day or school or close to it. I was worried that my kid would be treated differently if they knew we weren't returning. As it turns out, we got a dirty look and some grumbling from the school receptionist once we turned the form in, so I'm glad we waited.

The grumble was because you waited!

Maybe. But when I handed her the form, she looked at it and read the name of the school we were moving to and made a disparaging remark about it, which makes me think it wasn't just a timing issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We waited until the last possible minute to submit ours. It was literally the last day or school or close to it. I was worried that my kid would be treated differently if they knew we weren't returning. As it turns out, we got a dirty look and some grumbling from the school receptionist once we turned the form in, so I'm glad we waited.

The grumble was because you waited!

+1 exactly. It’s selfish not to make your plans clear and if you’re staying, you only risk hurting your kid by setting them up for over crowded classrooms because you couldn’t be bothered to help your school community plan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We got an intent to re-enroll form from our school today? Is this normal? If you check "maybe", have you found your kid was treated ok for the rest of the year?

I'm a teacher and often know far in advance when families plan to leave. I never treat them differently. The intent is just to get an idea of how many spots we'll need to fill to make enrollment targets. Lots of our families return the forms and/or wait until the last minute to re-enroll and then get mad when their class is overcrowded because we pulled from the waitlist. Please return the forms!

+1

And maybe the front office staff will grumble, but who cares? I doubt that your kid's teacher is going to punish them. Do they even tell the teachers?

[Anonymous]

So when should I go to my IB school to enroll in K? Obviously before May 1, but how early do they want to see you ideally?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So when should I go to my IB school to enroll in K? Obviously before May 1, but how early do they want to see you ideally?

When they announce enrollment is open. Are you on their distribution list?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So when should I go to my IB school to enroll in K? Obviously before May 1, but how early do they want to see you ideally?

The earlier the better.

-former LSAT memebr

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We waited until the last possible minute to submit ours. It was literally the last day or school or close to it. I was worried that my kid would be treated differently if they knew we weren't returning. As it turns out, we got a dirty look and some grumbling from the school receptionist once we turned the form in, so I'm glad we waited.

They grumbled *because* you didn't turn it in until the very end! You made their enrollment management more difficult then it needed to be.