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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd like OP to tell us why her neighborhood school is a nonstarter.

What is it about the children in the neighborhood where you chose to live that is so abhorrent to you?

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My guess is that her "choice" to live in that neighborhood was heavy constrained by her finances. She probably would have chosen a different neighborhood where she liked the in bound school if she had been able to afford that. OTTH, there may be factors other than the school that made her choose her current location. She may have also learned that many of the neighborhood families avoid sending their kids to the neighborhood school. (That said, I found that many of my neighbors whose kids are older had bad impressions of the local elementary school which I did not feel were accurate.)

Also, OP, remember that the test scores that many people look at to determine if a school is "good" are standardized tests taken by kids 4th grade and up. These test scores often do not reflect the quality of the preschool program.

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Yep.

I know the PP with this hobbyhorse thinks they're really making a cogent point that owns OP with logic, but none of the six families with school-age children on my block send their kids to our IB school. And yes, all (including us) are black or Hispanic.

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Would you mind telling me about your lottery experience and why you chose not to send your child(ren) to your IB school? TIA[/quote]

Pre-common lottery but our oldest went to our second choice school for PK3 and has been at our top choice since PK4. Two of our neighbors had children at our second choice school as well, though one has since moved and another switched to a school that is not our IB but is actually closer than the IB school.[/quote]

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