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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kid wanted to bike/walk to school to get that feel of independence and continue to be able to hang out with friends more casually, already at a high performing elementary with a great teacher who does the enriched ELA.

Not worth the commute given the lottery. [b]I like that the kids who might have gone to the CES a few years ago now have to stay at the home school.[/b][/quote]
Damn, that is cold. Staying in your home school is the right choice for your child, but you’re glad other families who would have wanted the CES don’t have access to it??[/quote]

DP with an unpopular opinion. It's nice that the home school is a great option. My kid is with the most advanced kids in her class at a school with very high SES families. Not sure I'd want to change to CES where kids lottery in with lower stats due to FARMS or IEPs.[/quote]

That's a great point. Kids who got in with lottery might not be the highest performing kids anyways. So if your kids are already at a high performing school, that can be one of the reasons to decline along with after school activities, commute time, friends etc.[/quote]

Kids who get in with "lottery" are still scoring 90%-ish on MAP-R.  You can attempt to act as if your 9-year-old kid is superior because they have a 96% but the difference between a 90 and a 96% is a kid having a bad day or being the youngest in the class whereas rich kids are more likely to be red-shirted.

There are no low performers accepted at the CES.  I would assume that a kid with a 90% from a low-income school is smarter than the 96% scoring kid at a high income school, because they reached the top with fewer resources.[/quote]

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