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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^I wonder if Hearst and Eaton are doing the same thing? Limiting the listed OOB spots to build support from local families?[/quote]
Absolutely. Again, these schools will have waitlists into the 100s. There is no real advantage for the principal to commit NOW to offering up a dozen OOB spots when he/she can just turn to waitlist once the enrollment deadline has passed. And with the ranking in the lottery, if you have a waitlist number you want the school than any other school you got a spot at because you are only waitlisted at schools ranked higher than anywhere you got in (or if you got no spot anywhere). So, the likelihood of a waitlist candidate saying "yes" in May or June or July or even August is pretty high. Yes, the public school pool will lose some families who decide to go private because of the uncertainty, but not many. [/quote]

But doing so (at least in this case you are outlining) seems completely justified and is not "withholding slots to try to attract IB families".  It is "my classes are full and no one has told me they are not coming back, so I don't have any slots!"  Re-enrollment forms haven't even been sent around, let alone due to be returned.  Let's not get too conspiratorial.[/quote]

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