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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm not sure why you don't think IB/OOB don't apply to PK3/PK4--although they are not mandatory grades and you have to lottery in, they are still distinctions, and IB students have more rights than OOB students with respect to unexcused absences.

Here is the absence policy for the DCPS parent handbook:

"Attendance
Regular school attendance is required by DC law for children ages 5 to 18. Although not required by law, it is just as important for children ages 3 and 4 to have regular attendance as well. Attending school every day and on-time is critically important and has a huge impact on learning from kindergarten through high school. Even as children grow older and become more independent, families play a key role in making sure regular attendance is a priority.

Some absences are unavoidable but when a student misses too much school—excused or unexcused—they
can fall behind academically. Students are much less likely to succeed when they are chronically absent and/or miss 18 or more days in a school year. Students who miss more than 20% of their scheduled periods in a school day will, by law, be considered absent for the entire day.

If your child received a seat through the out-of-boundary lottery and has 10 unexcused absences or 20 unexcused tardies, they may be asked to return to their neighborhood school at the end of the school year."

See http://dcps.dc.gov/DCPS/Files/downloads/COMMUNITY/Parents/DCPS%20Parent%20HandbookEnglishweb.pdf[/quote]

So my read of this is that there is no rule governing PK kids, but they prefer you make an effort for your kids to be there. There is no "out of boundary lottery" for PK. All PK kids lottery in, and those in bound receive a preference at the school.  I plan to check with his DCPS in any event.

To those who get snippy about us traveling to Florida, the kid freaking loves it and it's amazing for our family time.  Spending a week of solid time with his dad (who travels for work a lot), with grandma and granddad etc etc.... is a million times more positive for his development at age 3 than one more week of the public school curriculum. Sorry the rest of you are jealous. [/quote]

OP you asked for opinions, you got them.  If you want to gamble with OOB status (if you are OOB) and want to make a choice believing your OOB status is irrelevant for PS/PK, go for it.  Play at your own risk.  I'm sure there are plenty of people on the waiting list if it's a popular school happy to switch from wherever they are if you lost your spot.  Not sure what else you are going on about, your family values this, ok, you may be taking some risks that have been covered, so what else is there to talk about?[/quote]

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