Anonymous
Post 09/11/2019 08:37     Subject: myschooldc kicking my son out of school
Anonymous wrote:Let's ease up on the OP re: enrolling in a new school one-day before school starts. There's no indication s/he's WOTP. For all we know it's for a charter and their number finally came up to the top of the list one day before school started. Happens all of the time and through count day...





Right. And I would assume that if older kid moved closer to count day younger sibling would be secure in their spot. Potentially just unfortunate timing. Hard to know.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2019 08:34     Subject: myschooldc kicking my son out of school
Let's ease up on the OP re: enrolling in a new school one-day before school starts. There's no indication s/he's WOTP. For all we know it's for a charter and their number finally came up to the top of the list one day before school started. Happens all of the time and through count day...



Anonymous
Post 09/11/2019 08:32     Subject: Re:myschooldc kicking my son out of school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why did you move your older kid the day before school started?


Because she was hoping nobody would notice.

That plan backfired. Now plan B is to talk about how cruel it would be to move Larlo after the school year already started.

OP is a crappy parent.


PP, don't be ridiculous. This is potentially VERY understandable from a parents point of view. Both of my kids are at a PS-8th. We love the school but this year my youngest started in PS and oldest is going into 5th. It is completely reasonable to want to move the older child to a middle/high school charter (Basis, Latin) where they will have a more stable and long term experience. Timing-wise doing the best for both kids may not mean different schools.

OP, if something like this is NOT your situation and the younger kids school feels you are not invested, or would move the younger to the older kids school if offered a spot, then I totally get them pushing you out. If your older has been at the school for years and you are committed to your younger staying there, talk to admin and plead your case.


But then you aren't entitled to sibling preference for the PK kid. I know you might want to move the older, that's fine, but then your sibling preference (and maybe spot) at the pk-8 goes away.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2019 08:28     Subject: myschooldc kicking my son out of school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is this common? I’m surprised they would really yank a student after the school year started. Is this just for PK?

Also, is myschooldc part of DCPS? I’d think you would hear something officially from the school itself.


The school doesn’t want to be the bad guy. They’d rather MySchoolDC be the heavy. But my guess is the school is the one who blew the whistle. They are aware now that you were just using them for daycare and they want you out. And rightly so.


This is strange to me too. The school should be the one kicking the child out not myschooldc. What authority does the latter have at this point except to inform the school of the change in OP’s older child’s enrollment? It is sketchy OP but at this point I would just stop responding to them and let the school handle it.


OP represents a family that has already been at the school so there are probably relationships and I can understand the principal not wanting to have to be the person who tells her that she is violating the rules and has to leave. OP you’re asking for a confrontation, So if you’re ready for that and the fall out and keep bringing your child there. Personally I would do the right thing and recognize and except that I’m not following the policy and would leave. You knew what you were doing from the start. Even if you come back to this thread and try and say you’re older child got a lottery spot Last minus I won’t believe you. You would’ve states that in your original post
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2019 08:25     Subject: Re:myschooldc kicking my son out of school
^ "Timing-wise doing the best for both kids may mean different schools."
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2019 08:24     Subject: Re:myschooldc kicking my son out of school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why did you move your older kid the day before school started?


Because she was hoping nobody would notice.

That plan backfired. Now plan B is to talk about how cruel it would be to move Larlo after the school year already started.

OP is a crappy parent.


PP, don't be ridiculous. This is potentially VERY understandable from a parents point of view. Both of my kids are at a PS-8th. We love the school but this year my youngest started in PS and oldest is going into 5th. It is completely reasonable to want to move the older child to a middle/high school charter (Basis, Latin) where they will have a more stable and long term experience. Timing-wise doing the best for both kids may not mean different schools.

OP, if something like this is NOT your situation and the younger kids school feels you are not invested, or would move the younger to the older kids school if offered a spot, then I totally get them pushing you out. If your older has been at the school for years and you are committed to your younger staying there, talk to admin and plead your case.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2019 08:17     Subject: Re:myschooldc kicking my son out of school
Anonymous wrote:Why did you move your older kid the day before school started?


Because she was hoping nobody would notice.

That plan backfired. Now plan B is to talk about how cruel it would be to move Larlo after the school year already started.

OP is a crappy parent.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2019 08:17     Subject: Re:myschooldc kicking my son out of school
Anonymous wrote:OP, the myschool dc website words it like the school can decide, so I would appeal to them. It seems they can make the final decision. Good luck.


The school probably already made the decision and MSDC informed OP. The whole point of the sibling preference is to keep children in the same family in the same school. OP moved her older child so convince is clearly not an issue. There's another family on the wait list that has a legitimate sibling preference and her seat should rightfully go to them.

Anonymous
Post 09/11/2019 08:16     Subject: Re:myschooldc kicking my son out of school
Anonymous wrote:Why did you move your older kid the day before school started?


Not OP, but I can see this, esp if I were moving my child from a PS-8th to a middle. Waitlist offers don't wait...its a tough situation.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2019 08:11     Subject: Re:myschooldc kicking my son out of school
Why did you move your older kid the day before school started?
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2019 08:07     Subject: Re:myschooldc kicking my son out of school
OP, the myschool dc website words it like the school can decide, so I would appeal to them. It seems they can make the final decision. Good luck.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2019 07:53     Subject: Re:myschooldc kicking my son out of school
The one person that keeps calling us from Myschooldc is the rudest and really doesn't care about children and their education.


I suspect this person does actually care about children and their education. When you withdraw your PK3 kid, who you were trying to sneak in based on nonexistent sibling preference, that spot is going to another child, and will benefit THEIR education.

The problem with the way DCPS is organized is that it creates these zero sum games, where people feel the need to sneak and plot in order to get a "good" PK3 spot. Sometimes it blows up in your face, but that doesn't mean the person on the other line doesn't care about kid. They just don't care about YOUR kid more than the other kids on the list.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2019 07:43     Subject: myschooldc kicking my son out of school
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is this common? I’m surprised they would really yank a student after the school year started. Is this just for PK?

Also, is myschooldc part of DCPS? I’d think you would hear something officially from the school itself.


The school doesn’t want to be the bad guy. They’d rather MySchoolDC be the heavy. But my guess is the school is the one who blew the whistle. They are aware now that you were just using them for daycare and they want you out. And rightly so.


This is strange to me too. The school should be the one kicking the child out not myschooldc. What authority does the latter have at this point except to inform the school of the change in OP’s older child’s enrollment? It is sketchy OP but at this point I would just stop responding to them and let the school handle it.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2019 07:21     Subject: myschooldc kicking my son out of school
OP, stop being a dick. Don’t wait for a confrontation at school that will surely traumatize your child. Follow the rules, disenroll and move on with your life. Your scheme didn’t work. Another family who is waiting patiently on the waitlist needs your ill-gotten spot.
Anonymous
Post 09/11/2019 07:17     Subject: myschooldc kicking my son out of school
Anonymous wrote:Is this common? I’m surprised they would really yank a student after the school year started. Is this just for PK?

Also, is myschooldc part of DCPS? I’d think you would hear something officially from the school itself.


The school doesn’t want to be the bad guy. They’d rather MySchoolDC be the heavy. But my guess is the school is the one who blew the whistle. They are aware now that you were just using them for daycare and they want you out. And rightly so.