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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This was me a few years ago.  Not the resentment part but the being shut out time and time again part.  I also had a townhouse that was bought long long ago and moving wasn't impossible but would of been very difficult to do.  So you know what I did?  My kid went to a crappy school for K and 1.  Its really not the end of the world.  There are good teachers everywhere...even in schools that are failing.  I dedicated myself to being an active parent, to volunteer, to get to know my teacher, to not write off the school or act above it, and I was honestly a little sad to leave when we did get into a charter.  Yes some DCPS are very "bad" but having spent a lot of time in a "bad" school there is good to be found in any situation.  Kindergarden isn't rocket science.

Signed by a Mom who's oldest child learned to read and write in a failing DCPS school. [/quote]

THANKS!  Fortunately my kid already knows how to read and write pretty well so the pressure is off on that front![/quote]

Oh, so is this why you think your child will not have any "peers" at the IB school?  Get over yourself.  I was with you at the beginning, although I thought it was childish and simplistic to cry "No fair!" just because you are unhappy with the lottery results.  The more posts you have written, though, the less sympathetic you have become.  You are not entitled to a "better" school option than your neighbors just because your friends have better options.  In fact, some might argue that it's unfair for a kid who is SO advanced to be eligible for a charter K spot anyway.  Shouldn't the spot be saved for a child who hasn't already mastered the K curriculum?  I'm not saying I agree with that, but it's no more ridiculous than your stating that someone who is IB for a "better" school should not have the opportunity to lottery in for immersion, Montessori, etc.  And really, how many of the K spots in your desired schools do you really think have been taken by kids who chose it over a JKLMM school?  Would that have really made the difference in your child getting in or not?    [/quote]

You're mixing different things.  When I refer to my kid's peers I mean the kids her age in our neighborhood, not the kids that are or aren't doing the same things as her academically.  I think that's been fairly clear from my posts, sorry if it has not.[/quote]

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