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Sounds to me like that's exactly what's happening. Last year, there were 70 OOB slots for 6th grade in the lottery. (I know so from having applied and landed one.) I hear this year's number is more like a dozen or less so. Sounds to me like that's precisely the approach.[/quote]

That seems like a fine approach to me. This doesn't mean OOB can't select Hardy as a lottery pick. There will be a significant waitlist, I'm sure. But offering up OOB spots via the lottery before even knowing how many IB kids may commit is foolhardy. The school can tap into the waitlist between May and August, after enrollment paperwork is due. That seems totally fair and reasonable. [/quote]

The issue is not the number of OOB spots made available during the lotterry.  It's the number of OOB kids who will be admitted off of the wait list between May and August.  If only, say, 30 IB kids enroll by May, along with 10 OOB siblings from the lottery, Pride will feel enormous pressure to admit lots of kids from the wait list, and the 6th grade will end up 70% OOB.

On the other hand, if Pride just takes the funding cut and keeps next year's 6th grade at 40 kids, that number will grow over the course of the year.  IB families who opted for Latin, BASIS, privates, etc. will see that Pride is serious about transforming Hardy into a neighborhood school and that the transformation is finally underway.  When the commute to Latin, the rigor of BASIS, etc. become issues, those families will reconsider their decision to write Hardy off.

So, perhaps the class of 40 grows to 50 or more over the course of the year.  The following year, perhaps 60 IB families choose Hardy for 6th grade. Within three years, total IB enrollment at Hardy would most lilkely exceed 150 and approach 200.  Within five years, Hardy might well have to evict Fillmore to make room for all the IB kids.
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