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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kid wanted to bike/walk to school to get that feel of independence and continue to be able to hang out with friends more casually, already at a high performing elementary with a great teacher who does the enriched ELA.

Not worth the commute given the lottery. [b]I like that the kids who might have gone to the CES a few years ago now have to stay at the home school.[/b][/quote]
Damn, that is cold. Staying in your home school is the right choice for your child, but you’re glad other families who would have wanted the CES don’t have access to it??[/quote]

DP with an unpopular opinion. It's nice that the home school is a great option. My kid is with the most advanced kids in her class at a school with very high SES families. Not sure I'd want to change to CES where kids lottery in with lower stats due to FARMS or IEPs.[/quote]

Yikes!! Heaven forbid that your child might go to school with poor children! Better decline the CES.[/quote]

Yes that perspective bothered me too, although PP seemed to be aware of it.  The concern I guess is that the “poor children” are less smart and haven’t truly earned the spot.  I think that perspective fails to consider that a major reason for the different cutoffs at high FARMS students is that those kids likely have similar potential but don’t test as well given to inequity across schools.[/quote]

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