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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a big supporter of the neighborhood school model and actually a little glad to see this as a problem. I personally feel that when applying OOB in faraway places from your home in search of whatever perfect school you're looking for, this OBB/IB inclusion/exclusion downside needs to be taken into account. Maybe for many a perceived to be better education is a top priority. Fair enough. However, if beyond what you perceive to be a better education, you're also looking for a community, then I think the IB or near-IB route is simply a better bet. Even if your IB school isn't yet where you want it to be, you'll have so much more time and energy left to help shape connections, within the school and beyond, into the neighborhood. Again, this may not matter to everyone but if it does then please factor that in, as much as you do things like school culture, classroom set-up, curriculum, test scores, building cleanliness, ability to get to and from school, etc. It's a trade-off, although happen to I think the opportunities to easily connect beyond the classroom are beneficial for my children, especially in elementary school. It's not a clique thing, it's simply more feasible.
While, as OP suggests, charter schools may theoretically be less prone to an IB/OBB division, I don't think they come close being able to serve as a community as much as neighborhood schools can. 
(Please know that this comment comes from an IB parent (at another school, in a whole different part of town), who sometimes spends hours driving her IB child to very faraway playdates and goes to great lengths to see that the OBB classmates have regular opportunities to come over.)[/quote]

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