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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know exactly how the PK lottery works now at Bancroft, but the biggest change is that in bounds, affluent families are pouring into K and 1st. So many that they are adding another class for those grades. What this means is that the school, with the new building as a major pull, is now gentrifying fast. It will be a completely different place a couple years from now, not Title 1, more like an Oyster that people are clamoring to get into. OP you need not worry about extracurriculars, those will only expand as the school becomes richer. As someone who has older kids, my feelings are mixed about all this. [/quote]

The PK lottery favors OOB siblings over "affluent" inbound families.  We live in bounds but ended up at a charter language immersion school because we didn't want to wait until K to start Spanish and never got off the PK wait list at Bancroft.  We ended up staying at the charter since our child was happy and settled, but we still debate moving our younger one to Bancroft since it is so much closer to home.

These "affluent families" that are "pouring into K" are simply people who live in the neighborhood sending their kids to their neighborhood school in the earliest grade they can.  We got a hard time years ago for NOT sending our kids to Bancroft and now you're lamenting the people who do.

What is the politically correct choice?[/quote]

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