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[quote=Anonymous]We decided to be open and honest with other parents about lotterying this year. There's a pretty small, cohesive group of kids/parents at our IB who are middle class/upper middle class and send their kids to aftercare (aftercare is small at our school - they have space for everyone but it's less than 10% of kids that go) and we all basically know each other at this point (my kid is early elementary). There have been a few people who left over the years with some degree of not saying anything (never mentioned the lottery or a house hunt and all of a sudden in August, aren't going to be at school next year) and I think other people were a little hurt/bummed by that.

Because of that, I did opt to tell people we were lotterying this year. It's very possible to do this diplomatically. You can talk about your reasons for wanting a change without insulting a school. These are complex decisions, way beyond a "good" or "bad" school, and I think everyone gets that. So, I'm sure we'll talk about it (at least briefly) as we see each other Friday and over the weekend.

The harder issue for me is the kids. We did have to tell them we were visiting schools (I wasn't going to lie to them about where we were going when we went to open houses) but we've been very casual about it. Plus, there's a good chance (with the way waitlists move in early elementary) that we won't actually know this week where we're going. So I think we'll avoid telling them much of anything other than like a "oh, some results came out yesterday, we're still not sure" but even then probably only if the overhear something and ask. It's just too up in the air for them at this age, I think. But I'd be interested in other people's thoughts on that. [/quote]

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