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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The MS years start at Inspired and Capital City at 5th as well.[/quote]

Yes but unlike Latin or Basis, you can also lottery into these schools for elementary to get a feed for the MS, and both of these schools take kids at 6th or later via lottery.

This is in comparison to Latin and BASIS, where you basically get one shot for 5th grade. These schools do not have an elementary feeder so there is no alternative method for getting access to the school other than the 5th grade lottery, and they also almost never have spots for upper grades available in subsequent lotteries (BASIS in particular is known for choosing not to backfill even when students leave the school).

So these schools belong in different categories in terms of planning. You can start trying to lottery for these schools staring in PK3 and have many, many opportunities to get in by MS (especially if you have multiple kids). Not true for Latin/BASIS where you get one shot.[/quote]

Latin and BASIS are not the same with regard to entering after 5th. At BASIS it is not possible...full stop. They do not accept kids after 5th. Latin does, but it is space dependent. Next year Latin's new campus will have 10-15 spots open for 6th grade students due to their intentionally small 5th grade class. That is in addition to possible (if unlikely) attrition.

I'm not saying Latin is likely, but it is inaccurate to equate the two. [/quote]

That's a one-year only thing though -- even if they continue this for a few years as they get the campus up and running (and move to a permanent location), by the time OP's kids are eligible you probably won't have 10-15 spots in Latin Cooper 6th. And when Latin lets in students in upper grades, it's usually only a handful. The most at 9th as some kids peel off for application high schools, private, suburbs, or Wilson. But total crapshoot. It's really not that different from BASIS where they don't allow any kids in at all.

For planning purposes, the only way to approach it is to assume you will get one shot at Latin and BASIS in 5th grade and if it doesn't happen, have a real and sustainable alternative. Unlike with many desirable elementaries, where if you lottery every year starting in PK3 you stand a good shot of getting a spot by 1st or 2nd, the same is simply not true at Latin (and obviously not at BASIS). People also need to think about how it's a much bigger deal to switch schools at the MS/HS level than in ECE or early elementary.[/quote]

In addition to Latin/Basis, I think it's also very possible to lottery into ITS for 5th grade. There are spots. You can also try to lottery into a Deal/Hardy feeder in 5th grade.

OP, I'm someone who has a great IB elementary and terrible IB middle school, and we actually decided to stay in our IB elementary and try our luck in the 5th (and potentially 6th) grade lotteries for middle school. We have two kids in mid elementary and they love their life (their school, having neighborhood friends, walking and biking to school every day). No regrets yet, and strangely I dont feel that worried about middle yet. We'll see what happens in two years. [/quote]

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