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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like the school does allow kids to enter at K, correct? If so, I think they would only be able to allow you to continue for the rest of this academic year while you pay tuition, assuming that you and your partner are both not DC residents for the 2015-2016 school year. After that, they would have to offer up the slot to a DC resident in the lottery. You're only allowed to stay in a school and pay tuition if there isn't a DC resident who can get the slot. So, for example, if you were in PK4 at LAMB, I think you could stay while paying tuition because they don't allow kids to enter at K. But if you are in PK4 at Yu Ying, which does allow kids to enter at K, then you're out of luck.

Any chance that either you or your partner can remain in DC?[/quote]

OP, I recommend that you call the school.  I asked at our PCS, and the answer was unequivocal:  A former DC resident who moves to MD or VA can keep his/her spot at the school provided the family pays the non-resident tuition.  The spot does not have to be made available to current DC residents in the lottery the following year.

My suspicion is that most (if not all PCSs) have the same policy.  While it is true that spots at some PCSs are scarce and should be allocated preferentially to DC residents, PCSs also have to do their best to maintain enrollment stability.  Many PCSs have terrible re-enrollment rates, suggesting that many charter families bounce from school to school until they find the right fit or give up entirely on charters.  Thus, it makes little sense to force out a former DC resident who has been enrolled one or more years and is sufficiently committed to the school that the family is willing to pay $10K or more to stay just to replace that student with a DC resident who might leave before the year is up.  Enrollment stability is especially important for PCSs that do not admit students into higher grades.[/quote]

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