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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think we are saying different things. I have no problem with OOB students at Brent. If you fix the PK situation by only having PK4, there would likely be some OOB spots for PK4 in certain years.  Also, I don't think it's "entitled" for me to want my child to go to public PK and to want to support and be involved in the neighborhood school and in DCPS more generally. We didn't get in anywhere so it may be two more years before that happens (if we stay). [/quote]

Im sorry that you didn't get in for PK but you can support and be involved in your neighborhood school even before your child attends.  It's what we did.  You can ever serve on the LSAT or just attend PTA meetings and get to know other parents.  The Brent catchment is very small and most of the families shut out for 2013-14 and 2014-15 made their way back to Brent.  Several were even admitted for PK4 due to additional spaces opened up as a result of ratios and attrition.  [/quote]

Sure, you can, but, come on, the arrangement is awkward, and that's putting it mildly.  Very few shutout parents make their way to PTA meetings (I say this as a parent who attended faithfully for the two years I was shut out).  Shutout parents really aren't considered part of the school community. The principal, PTA Board and LSAT aren't in the habit of welcoming shutout families.  It's a loaded subject school leaders avoid.

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Total BS IMO, unless you just happen to be someone who uses the address of an inbound rental property to eventually get into Brent.[/quote]

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