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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you're the type of parent who doesn't want to subject our child to 2 school/friend switches between 4th and 6th grade, how could you be the type of parent who can't tell your child for sure where he is going to be going to school the next year (and would be willing to move schools sometime between the first day and mid-October)? None of these situations are ideal. [/quote]

I'm no more in the business of parenting than you are but here is what I tell my child:
5th grade is about getting ready for middle school. Your teacher(s) and we parents are helping you get organized and ready for that transition, which will come with many new things to be and learn. And here is our middle school. It's a fine school; they have their act together and the kids are nice. Let's go visit it; in fact, why don't you spend a day there with someone you know. You'll like it. There are a couple of other options that your mom/dad and I are looking into, namely [fill in the blanks]. We feel that some of these schools might be a good fit for you, so we go to open houses and may participate lotteries to see if we can get a seat there for you in the fall. Are there any specific things that you feel very strongly about while your mom/dad and I are out visiting these other schools?

While we parents may feel agonized over lotteries, kids are actually fine with it. That seems very fair to them. Other than that, we've found it not to be helpful to take our child around to tour schools, nor have we found it helpful to hear her/him us constantly fret over it, so we don't. Likewise, it's not useful to criticize any of the options. I've found that what our child most wants is to be assured that we know what we're doing and that we take charge of this. (I'm sure this will all be very different when high school choices roll around!)[/quote]

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