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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids are currently in elementary school at a CES that in near Blair.  At a PTA meeting, there was a discussion that it is now very difficult to be placed into Blair if you are not already living in the Blair zone (other than acceptance to a magnet) because almost everyone wants to go to Blair.  They also expect it to get even worse as Blair overcrowding (and overcrowding in general) increases.  Most of the parents at the meeting weren't worried because they're already living the in Blair area, but those of us with kids bused in from another area for the CES magnet definitely were concerned.[/quote]

Your home address determined which CES you were assigned to; it also determines your high school base area.  But the fact that that CES is within a particular base area is irrelevant, because regional CES centers all serve more than one high school cluster.  If you want your kids to go to Blair, you'll need to move into the Blair zone (which may change by the time your kids are in HS), or they'll need to be accepted into a magnet program there.    [/quote]

This is not entirely true. If you want a guarantee of attending Blair, then live in-bounds, but kids do get into Blair from outside the boundary through the DCC lottery. [/quote]

But it's essentially true. The Metis report said only 5% of students from outside of Blair's base area were assigned there through the lottery.  And that was four years ago, when Blair wasn't considered over capacity, as it is now.[/quote]

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