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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On paper, our neighborhood school is not great. The test scores are on the lower end of middling and the chronic absenteeism rate is surprisingly high. And yet ... my experience so far has been invested teachers, responsive admin, engaged parents across the socioeconomic spectrum, happy kids. I've encountered several parents of kids in upper grades still full of enthusiasm for the school.

What am I missing? And how will I know when it's time to leave?

My main concerns are:
- Our IB middle is a non-starter
- I want my kids to continue to be engaged (ideally challenged) in learning and prepared for middle school[/quote]

If your kid is doing well, and you are happy, stay. I wish we had done so rather than chasing a better school because DCUM said our neighborhood school was bad and charters/upper NW schools were so much better. Turns out for us sticking with the neighborhood school was better.

You do need a plan for middle school. If your IB school is not good, then you will either need to to move or have lottery luck. We are lucky that for us we had the flexibility and finances to be able to move.[/quote]

And by need a plan for middle school, you need to be saving for a down payment on a different house and socializing that idea with your kids. Give yourself option value so that if you have to move, you can do it on as close to your family’s terms as possible [/quote]

Agreed. We talked with our kids honestly about the options and the possibility of moving, of the middle school lottery process, and what level of engagement we expected from the kids (in terms of making a decision together, but with parent taking the responsibility, obviously). We ended up not moving, but it was definitely on the table for a while. [/quote]

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