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[quote=Anonymous]Along similar lines to previous posters, the policy is that you are not eligible to return to your now OOB school without a lottery seat and going to ask about it beforehand won't make it easier for anyone. At the same time, a school principal, within reason, has every interest to ensure continuity. At least at our school it's not about writing checks to the PTA and I hope that's not the rule! That said, to see someone turn a blind eye on your IB/OOB status (because after all you'll theoretically need to submit new documents although you can do so as early as May and then move), you'd probably want to be wanted in some way. If waitlists are very long, you can also easily draw the ire of others who rightfully have a place at their IB school. That would be particularly problematic at the preschool, pre-K level.
A safe way to play it could be to do enter the lottery but also try to stay by mutual agreement. But that's fraught with the danger that the principal can then possibly precisely not turn a blind eye because you're far away on the waitlist and accepting you would raise eyebrows from those watching those lists.
Lastly, this is all a lot easier and informally handled at a school that's a not super, super popular and at a grade-level where lots of changes don't take place anyway. For ES, much easier to sort out if your child is in, say 2nd or 3rd grade, as someone mentioned previously. The school has then already invested a lot in the academic achievement.[/quote]

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