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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We decided to be open and honest with other parents about lotterying this year. There's a pretty small, cohesive group of kids/parents at our IB who are middle class/upper middle class and send their kids to aftercare (aftercare is small at our school - they have space for everyone but it's less than 10% of kids that go) and we all basically know each other at this point (my kid is early elementary). There have been a few people who left over the years with some degree of not saying anything (never mentioned the lottery or a house hunt and all of a sudden in August, aren't going to be at school next year) and I think other people were a little hurt/bummed by that. [/quote]

Sounds very much like the school we departed! I did not announce the fact that I had joined the lottery, but when one parent heard that my child would not be returning, they stopped speaking to me. It was five years ago, and they will not even look me in the eye if I pass them on the sidewalk. I believe in being discreet, but you will never please everyone with the decisions you make for your family.

Regarding telling the child, mine knew and was excited about the prospect of a new school. It was the COVID year, and nobody had been actually going to school that year anyway, so there was not the same sense of loss. [/quote]

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