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[quote=Anonymous]We are at Tyler, which is slated to undergo renovations starting the 25-26 school year and last for two years. Our child will be entering first grade that year, and the two proposed swing spaces (as of now) are...not great. One is a 25-minute drive (each way) and the other is only a 10-minute drive but I believe it would be trailer classrooms. We are generally happy at Tyler, but some of that happiness is due to the very easy walkable commute. The other thing to note is that Tyler is immersion, so it's not quite a "one to one" if we were to try to lottery in to another neighborhood school. Without the upcoming renovations, I think we would have planned to stay there through 4th or 5th, but since we are in lottery season it's gotten me thinking about if/when we may want to switch schools earlier.

I think we have a few options and would love to hear others' input!

1. Stay where we are and stick it out through the renovations. We like Tyler a lot, and as I understand it schools tend to be on the upswing post-renovation. Those two years will suck, but two out of seven ain't bad.
2. Try to lottery into another neighborhood school, but one that is not immersion. This keeps short commute but loses the language immersion (and keeps us in the "what do we do for middle school" situation).
3. Try to lottery into another immersion school in the city. This loses short commute but depending on the school could land us a better feeder pattern (and we would likely move if we did get into a better immersion school).

Are there other options I'm not thinking of, or ones above that seem better/worse? I realize these are all decent options, which is probably why I'm having trouble choosing a path.

Thanks!
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