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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Principals have a lot of power. The easiest way to go about this would be to make an appointment with the principal and plead your case. I recommend bringing your daughter with you and having her send a persuasive letter to the principal as well. Have a thought out approach to why you want to switch to Blair.

Your 2nd option is to withdraw and re-enroll. If you withdraw, I assume you will lose your spot in currently enrolled classes, but, you are late in the game to register at Blair anyway, so, maybe it doesn't matter. There may be other repercussions. I live in the DCC and though I've had discussions about this with other parents over the years, I don't actually know anybody who has withdrawn and re-enrolled. I do know a few kids who were principal placed at their inbound schools (Einstein) after going through the choice process and being placed at other schools.[/quote]

Do you think it’s likely that the Blair principal would make a special exception for my daughter? Has she ever enrolled any students before from doing this? I’m sorry if this comes off as rude, but I just don’t want to take any risks anymore and I’m not sure if this idea will work.[/quote]

Contact your State Delegates and Senator. [/quote]
 :roll: Don’t listen to this idiot.

MCPS has very clear policies about school assignments and how the DCC works. Since Blair is over enrolled, you are unlikely to get special preference from the principal (which opens them up to actual challenges.) unenrolling and then re-enrolling in a few weeks won’t do what you want either. Your student will retain their ID and all the records. The office in charge of DCC placement isn’t going to magically place her at Blair, like they didn’t know what you were trying to do.

Appealing the decision is also unlikely to work. From your perspective, you have an individual request that seems reasonable. From MCPS’s perspective, they get hundreds of requests that they cannot accommodate, so they very carefully follow the documented process so that no one says someone got preferential treatment. You can read about appeals regarding placement that went all the way to they state board and we’re still denied.[/quote]

So, if I unenroll then reenroll from MCPS, there’s not a guarantee that they assign me to Blair?[/quote]

I don't know the answer to this question, but principals definitely have the ability to place students in their school whether the school is oversubscribed or not. I have known two families to un-enroll and then re-enroll their highschoolers at Einstein (not to "game the system" but for travel/family emergency type things). Upon re-enrollment they were placed at Einstein--where their home is zoned to. They had started HS at Einstein, not at a different DCC school (they already had a relationship with the principal). I would still go to the principal before trying to un-enroll / re-enroll. It's interesting that nobody has chimed in with a negative or positive experience about trying this at Blair. I don't think many families go to these efforts to switch schools within the DCC. I do think if you live in a home within Blair's zone, you should be allowed to send your kid there. Good luck.[/quote]

Thanks, I’ll try this. The blair building is closed right now, so I don’t think I’ll be able to see the principal in person, so should I just email her and explain the situation? [/quote]

Ask for a meeting. You can always do it virtually if need be. [/quote]

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