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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thank you. I guess I'm also wondering...has anyone else been in this situation, left a beloved Title I for a school that's among the highest performing in the city?

Were you glad you switched? Did you stay or switch back? [/quote]

Yes, we did. We had similar mental math - we were on the fence but felt we could take the chance knowing we had a safe place to land back at the IB if the new school didn’t work. We liked the IB school and loved the people there but my sensitive child was not coping well with the behaviors that were present in K/1st. Turned into nightmares and anxiety. So we kind of had to make a change and unfortunately what the school offered for accommodations was not acceptable.

We lotteried to a WOTP school though that feeds to Hardy and MacArthur, and that made the decision easier to also have a “better” feeder pattern. The commute hasn’t been fun but not as bad as I feared. We did have to buy a second car to make this work as well so there may be financial considerations.

I have no regrets other than I wish we had left at K when we first tried and got a spot (our new school is not as highly sought after as some, and we’ve had middle luck each lottery, so we actually got a spot by match or waitlist K and 1st, and then we finally took a waitlist spot for 2nd). My kid made a couple good friends in 1st and her missing them has made her transition to a school where more established friendships existed not easy. But the school offered some social support via the 504 process for her anxiety diagnosis and that’s been like night and day.

Good luck with the decision![/quote]

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