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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I disagree with children who lottery in not being able to follow the feeder path.   This children are like "dreamers".  They should not have to create a new social group because of a rule change.

If someone wants to argue that is a family moves OOB, they get to stay through the terminal grade, I think that is fine ONLY if they are within the last year of the school (example - family moves in 4th grade - so the student does not need to start a new school at 5th)[/quote]

Yeah, that's tough. When a kid has a cohort they've been with from PreK, and then has to move when they get to middle school - not an easy time for transition.[/quote]

That's something their families should consider when choosing to apply for the OOB lottery versus staying in their IB schools. 
It would be good for all kids entering middle school to have the same chance of getting into more desired middle schools OOB. Why should someone who won the lottery at age 4 get to stay lucky until they're 18? That's not fair to kids who moved to DC later, or whose families couldn't get them across town as a little kid but can have them travel as teenagers.

It would also help elementary schools where families are happy but feel like they "need" to lottery into schools that offer a better feeder pattern. If you know you have just as much chance at Hardy if you stay at your IB versus shelpping your kid to Key each day for 4 years, might you stay another few years at your IB school?[/quote]

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