Harry's Transfer to Hogwarts

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Geoff Wrote
 
<<<Firstly, to the average young reader, the intricacies of the UK 
school transfer system are a closed book. They are used to moving 
between schools as they grow up but the mechanics of the change are 
in the hands of their teachers and their parents so oddities which 
we have raised about the change to Hogwarts would not occur to them. So including this in the book would possibly be a waste of energy.>>>

I agree that it really isn't an issue. I know there are obviously school system differences between the UK and US (I mean US speaking it varies state to state on some points), but speaking from personal experience, a lot of kids transfer out of school systems. I for one went to private high school from public middle school. But I had to register at the public school as a precaution, pick classes, the whole nine yards. After two weeks, my mother received a phone call asking if I was attending or not and she said no, I was attending Sacred Heart Academy, not the public high school. There was no truancy problems or anything on my record so they took for truth. I don't think there would be enough students to raise suspicion and 
the families can easily cover if Child and Family bizarrely asked 
after the child. Just a thought, though. 
 
Lindsay
 
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