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Following the SEHS thread and have a question: For tier 4 admissions in two years, we are wondering if it’s worth it to move to tier 3 next year from tier 4 to make SEHS admissions more likely? We rent so it’s not that big a deal (although ironically since our tiny place is cheap, our rent would prob go up!).
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If I had to do it again, thought that far in advance and had the flexibility to move, I absolutely would move to a tier 3 area. It can make a huge difference on whether your child gets into their first choice school.
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Thanks, hmk! I think it makes sense. It’s a pain and expensive to move twice–one for tier 3 and then again once we find out which school choice it is–but I think giving my daughter a 20 point advantage takes the pressure off a little.
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Just hoping the new area that you are targeting, the tier won’t change in the next two years. It just happened two of my friends’ tier changed this year!
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KCK makes a good point. Might be better to wait until you are closer to the application timing. They do change the boundaries every year.
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Looking at this year’s cutoff scores, it would actually be more beneficial to stay in Tier 4 and not move to a Tier 3 area if you’re applying to a high school like Brooks, Hancock or Lindblom.
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These are such good points, kck, hmk, and cp! I will plan to wait until late next summer (a few months before applications are due) to move. My daughter is determined to go to Northside…but we will also try for WY and Lane. She tests well but 896 plus scores are too much pressure. The CPS map if you click on the tier does show the tier designation in that area the past four years–useful information if I’m worried about it flipping. I’ll aim for a tier 3 that has been consistent for four years. There is a tiny tier 3 in lakeview that just flipped but it was tier 4 for three years prior so I’ll avoid that area. I wonder when CPS posts the tier requirements each year? I’m grateful for this forum!
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I think your plan to check the Tier history is a good one.
When my oldest applied to AC (academic centers) in 2015 our home was Tier 3, two years later when he was applying to H.S. and my youngest was applying to AC… we were tier 4.
When I discovered that, I researched our area and found that our neighborhood has been flipping between 3 & 4 for years before my oldest applied to AC.
Tier 4 obviously made it harder.. not so much for my oldest applying to H.S. (he still got his first choice) but for my youngest who missed his chance at Lane AC by less than 3 points.
It would be a shame to move and find yourself right back in Tier 4 when it’s time to apply.
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CPS typically publishes updated tier info on Oct 1st of each year. The reason why some tiers do change (up or down) is because CPS’s goal is to have the same number of school aged children in each tier, so in areas where families are moving in or aging out, the # of school aged children will change.
More detailed info on CPS Tiers can be found at http://cpstiers.opencityapps.org/ or https://cps.edu/sitecollectiondocuments/gocps/GoCPS_Tier_Process_web.pdf -
Thank you ADad for sharing your experience, and I agree that it would be frustrating to switch to tier 3 next August only to discover that come October CPS redistricts it as tier 4. Thanks Chicagoschooloptions for the insight into the timing here. Clearly, CPS (rightly so) closes all the loopholes so that parents don’t try to work around the system. I am working with my daughter to improve her scores but the cutoff for tier 4 is so extreme that it’s a lot of pressure on kids. I hope that CPS brings back the plan to add another selective enrollment HS.
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Just following up on this thread. What are the rules about moving once your child has obtained admission into a SEHS? So – could someone who moved into a Tier 3 then move to a Tier 4 after the child has received admission into their SEHS?
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You can move AFTER school starts, but when you register in the fall you have to live in that tier.
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Honestly, I don’t think it’s worth it. If you look at the scores, it’s not until you get into Tier 1 that they are really significantly lower than the other tiers. And I say this as someone who moved from the Tier 2 to a Tier 4 with a kid in 7th grade, because the safety considerations won out over any potential boost in SEHS enrollment.
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This whole thread disgusts me. It just shows the class privilege that exists in this city. It also shows how stupid many of these people are. If you only sent your kid to your local school and you were invested in it, your child would probably fare pretty well. In addition, most of these parents are doing this for brand recognition so they can either brag that their kid got into a “good” school. In reality, getting into a selective enrollment school only creates more anxiety among these poor kids as they try to outdo each other based on the crap curriculum that these so called “good” teacher hand out. In fact all these teacher do is just give out assignments and do not teach. How good a teacher do you have when all your students are “top tier”? What are you preparing your child for if you keep them in a bubble? This is not the real world.
Send your kid to your local school. Get involved. Expose them to kids who have issues and help out your local teacher.-
We didn’t create the system. Most full-time working parents don’t have the resources/time to volunteer consistently. Not all schools are the same in terms of focus, teaching style, and curriculum. You have to pick the best school that best suits your child. Parents just want their kids to get the best quality education available. Unfortunately, CPS schools are not all equal in terms of quality and that is just the facts https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/which-cps-elementary-schools-send-the-most-kids-to-top-high-schools/f8a51e7d-dcc5-42f5-ba24-1c357f0204a0
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