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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We waited until the last possible minute to submit ours.  It was literally the last day or school or close to it.  I was worried that my kid would be treated differently if they knew we weren't returning.  As it turns out, we got a dirty look and some grumbling from the school receptionist once we turned the form in, so I'm glad we waited.  [/quote]

The grumble was because you waited![/quote]

Yup. I actually bet they were glad you left since you're a family that waited until last minute to turn in important forms.[/quote]

LOL. Ok, sure.  We actually did turn it in on time.  That's the whole point of a deadline, isn't it?  If the school actually needed the information sooner, it should have set an earlier deadline.  So if the school is happy that we left because we didn't complete the re-enrollment form earlier than the stated deadline, let's just say I'm not losing any sleep!

And that being my first year in DCPS, I wasn't aware that I could choose to omit information about the new school we would be attending.  When I asked the front office whether they actually needed that information, I was told they did because they needed to know where to send my child's school records.  In hindsight, I think it was a load of BS and they just want info on what schools are poaching their students, but I dutifully filled out that portion of the form as well. To be clear, there was no grumbling when I handed her the form (as there wouldn't be, because it wasn't late).  It was only after the woman read my form as I was standing there that she made the snarky remark about the new school.  So, as I said, I'm glad we waited until the last second to turn in the form because people at this particular school had no problem letting you know how they felt if you were leaving.  I can handle it, but I didn't want my 3 year old to have to deal with that.

It seems like a lot of the PPs expressing outrage at the fact that I waited until the deadline to turn in the form must live in overcrowded school districts or have kids at highly sought after schools where enrollment information, open slots and waitlist offers are closely followed.  In those situations, I can understand the argument for giving the school the necessary information well in advance and if I had been in that situation, I may have handled it differently.  But that's not the case at the EOTP school where this happened.  This school is what DCUM-land would consider a "last resort".  There is severe under-enrollment, so there's no reason for the school to be worried about keeping class sizes small.  Classes get shuffled and OOB kids get called off the waitlist even after the school year starts, so nothing is "set" before the first day of school.  There is more than enough room for IB kids at all grade levels, including PK.  My child had a good year there, but the school's ability, or in ability, to determine their needs for the next school year has nothing to do with whether parents submitted re-enrollment forms right away, or waited until the day of the deadline.[/quote]

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