Can you explain proximity?
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Anonymous
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If we are IB for garrison but live .50 miles from Cleveland, could we get proximity preference? How does that work?
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Anonymous
| The handbook states that “DCPS provides a proximity preference to families who are zoned for an elementary school that is more than a half-mile walking distance from their home. These families receive a proximity preference in the lottery at a DCPS elementary school that is within a half-mile walking distance from their home.” |
Anonymous
| PP here. Go to: http://find.myschooldc.org and plug in your address to see how far DC thinks you are from those schools. |
Anonymous
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NP here:
Do they automatically factor in your address/proximity or are you supposed to note in during applying? Just used the tool and realized we're within a .5 mile for one we're waitlisted on. |
Anonymous
I believe you also have to be more than a certain distance from your IB school. |
Anonymous
Correct. You have to be more than .5 miles from your IB school. |
dcmom
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| You have to be more than .50 miles from you IB school and LESS than .50 miles from another school. If you are .50 miles from the other school, you don't get the preference - it is .49 miles or less. You can find out officially on find.myschooldc.org. You will automatically be given proximity preference if you qualify. |
Anonymous
| We had proximity to Cleveland under the old system, but not the new one. Plug your address into DCPS and it will tell you. |
Anonymous
thanks! ok so it automatic. we're .30ish from IB and .40ish from the other. so no proximity pref was given. |