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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know of at least 10 students in my child's class in elementary school who enrolled when they were renting IB - and then moved.

They were allowed to stay and even through POLICY is that they need to move back to their IB school at the truncating grade, this does not happen.

Also - the principal made space for their younger siblings.   So the younger sibling got in through the lottery (OOB with sibling preference) and in theory now has "RIGHTS" to the full feeder path.

In my opinion, this loop hole is needs to be closed.   It is used by those with means - and does not foster equity.   (Why should this sibling have more rights to an OOB spot than a random person applying?)

Closing this loophole with reduce students coming from feeders to Deal.   Think about it - out of a class of 500, this eases capacity by about 50 students.  It does not sound like a lot - but it might be enough to give the school some breathing room.

AND - Deal should also be closed to OOB lottery until they are not complaining that they have too many students.  How can they simultaneously say they are overcrowded AND take students off the lottery?   [/quote]

These numbers sound extremely high. 10 students in a class of around 20-25 were IB kids who moved OOB and stayed? I'd be surprised if this happens for more than a couple students each year at any given DCPS. However, it's in the best interest of the children to attend the same school. I see MC/UMC parents complaining a lot about policies they don't like, but we need to remember that DCPS is looking at the entirety of the DCPS community. [/quote]  Sorry - I meant GRADE [/quote]

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