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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not weird, you can reach out if you like. But it might be confusing or disappointing to your kid if the offer never comes.

In late summer and fall, it's hard to predict because it really depends on what the people ahead of you on the list do. My experience is not much motion in early August, but when the staff returns to the school building, they will be looking at their enrollment in all grades and making decisions and the registrar will get back from vacation.

If this is a DCPS neighborhood school, it's likely they'll play it safe until the first week of school and see how many IB kids they have. On the other hand if they're expecting to have room they may want to fill it ASAP. It's a complicated process with a formula based on past years' experience and goes in tandem with the budget and teacher hiring.[/quote]

Thanks. Can I give you our specific situation to get your feedback? The school generally ended there clears it's wait-list or nearly clears it for middle and upper elementary grades in August. The wait-list has less than 10 kids in it and we are number 3. This feels very promising but I don't want to assume it's a sure thing.

Our kid knows they might change schools (and I think will be enthusiastic about that as they have not had the best experience at their current school) but they don't know the details of the situation or that we are this close with this particular school. I don't want to spring the school switch on them last minute but I also don't want to get their hopes up and then have it not happen.

It's very stressful. I am praying we hear early August so we have time.[/quote]

I think it seems very likely, but one thing that could prevent you getting an offer is if the school decides to offer one less classroom for the grade, due to low enrollment. Another thing that might happen is siblings jumping you on the list.

If your kid already knows, it won't feel like a last-minute surprise. Most of the time this is more stressful for the parents than the kids. Tell your kid "We might not have much advance notice, but your parents are prepared to handle it. No matter what happens, we are doing our very best to make sure eyour have a good year at school."[/quote]

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