Waitlist Movement....

[Anonymous]

SO wait. If you accept a spot for one twin, that should add preference for the other twin as sibling enrolled. At least that's what happened to us. One twin was 2 and the other was 31. Twin with 2 matched and moved the other twin from 31 to 1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SO wait. If you accept a spot for one twin, that should add preference for the other twin as sibling enrolled. At least that's what happened to us. One twin was 2 and the other was 31. Twin with 2 matched and moved the other twin from 31 to 1.

My guess is your twin with the worse number changed from no preference (other than IB, if that applied to you) to "sibling offered," when your better-numbered twin was "offered" off the WL and that was what bumped up your worse-numbered twin. At least this year, there's no "sibling enrolled" preference, only "sibling offered" and "sibling attending."

https://www.myschooldc.org/faq/key-terms#preference

Trust me, I do wish there were another bump for "sibling enrolled"!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SO wait. If you accept a spot for one twin, that should add preference for the other twin as sibling enrolled. At least that's what happened to us. One twin was 2 and the other was 31. Twin with 2 matched and moved the other twin from 31 to 1.

My guess is your twin with the worse number changed from no preference (other than IB, if that applied to you) to "sibling offered," when your better-numbered twin was "offered" off the WL and that was what bumped up your worse-numbered twin. At least this year, there's no "sibling enrolled" preference, only "sibling offered" and "sibling attending."

https://www.myschooldc.org/faq/key-terms#preference

Trust me, I do wish there were another bump for "sibling enrolled"!

PP - Yes sibling offered. I guess I'm confused by "sibling enrolled". Is that for someone adding another child to the schools waitlist AFTER the lottery has been conducted?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SO wait. If you accept a spot for one twin, that should add preference for the other twin as sibling enrolled. At least that's what happened to us. One twin was 2 and the other was 31. Twin with 2 matched and moved the other twin from 31 to 1.

My guess is your twin with the worse number changed from no preference (other than IB, if that applied to you) to "sibling offered," when your better-numbered twin was "offered" off the WL and that was what bumped up your worse-numbered twin. At least this year, there's no "sibling enrolled" preference, only "sibling offered" and "sibling attending."

https://www.myschooldc.org/faq/key-terms#preference

Trust me, I do wish there were another bump for "sibling enrolled"!

PP - Yes sibling offered. I guess I'm confused by "sibling enrolled". Is that for someone adding another child to the schools waitlist AFTER the lottery has been conducted?

There are two sibling preferences, one (Sibling attending) for children who have a sibling already attending the school, not just matched in the same lottery school year; and another (Sibling offered) for siblings offered a seat in the same lottey school year that their sibling is applying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SO wait. If you accept a spot for one twin, that should add preference for the other twin as sibling enrolled. At least that's what happened to us. One twin was 2 and the other was 31. Twin with 2 matched and moved the other twin from 31 to 1.

My guess is your twin with the worse number changed from no preference (other than IB, if that applied to you) to "sibling offered," when your better-numbered twin was "offered" off the WL and that was what bumped up your worse-numbered twin. At least this year, there's no "sibling enrolled" preference, only "sibling offered" and "sibling attending."

https://www.myschooldc.org/faq/key-terms#preference

Trust me, I do wish there were another bump for "sibling enrolled"!

PP - Yes sibling offered. I guess I'm confused by "sibling enrolled". Is that for someone adding another child to the schools waitlist AFTER the lottery has been conducted?

We have a rising first grader at our IB and our rising PK3 is #1 on the waitlist of the same school with a "in bounds sibling enrolled" preference. So it is also for the initial lottery when you have a child there already

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SO wait. If you accept a spot for one twin, that should add preference for the other twin as sibling enrolled. At least that's what happened to us. One twin was 2 and the other was 31. Twin with 2 matched and moved the other twin from 31 to 1.

My guess is your twin with the worse number changed from no preference (other than IB, if that applied to you) to "sibling offered," when your better-numbered twin was "offered" off the WL and that was what bumped up your worse-numbered twin. At least this year, there's no "sibling enrolled" preference, only "sibling offered" and "sibling attending."

https://www.myschooldc.org/faq/key-terms#preference

Trust me, I do wish there were another bump for "sibling enrolled"!

I think this might result in too much jockeying on the waitlist. Let's say a PK class is admitting 28 kids and has two sets of twins applying in the lottery. For both, one twin matches and the other is waitlisted. Family A had one matched twin and one with #2 on the waitlist and enrolls their matched twin the day after results come out. Family B has one matched twin and one that is #1 on the waitlist. If family A enrolls thier twin first then with a sibling enrolled the other twin would move to #1- but would then move right back down to #2 once family B enrolled. Seems kind of pointless?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On April 2 we were offered a spot at our last ranked school. I had changed my mind on the school, so I immediately called the school registrar that same day and declined the seat so it could be offered to someone else. It is still saying(a month later now) "Match (enrollment pending)" with the green Enroll at the school by May 3 button. How long does it take for that to disappear??? Did the registrar not update the system, or is MyschoolDC just slow to remove spots you decline?

You should be able to decline the match online, can you not? We were offered a spot we decided not to take and we were able to decline (although it was not the initial match so maybe you can't decline online for the initial match?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SO wait. If you accept a spot for one twin, that should add preference for the other twin as sibling enrolled. At least that's what happened to us. One twin was 2 and the other was 31. Twin with 2 matched and moved the other twin from 31 to 1.

My guess is your twin with the worse number changed from no preference (other than IB, if that applied to you) to "sibling offered," when your better-numbered twin was "offered" off the WL and that was what bumped up your worse-numbered twin. At least this year, there's no "sibling enrolled" preference, only "sibling offered" and "sibling attending."

https://www.myschooldc.org/faq/key-terms#preference

Trust me, I do wish there were another bump for "sibling enrolled"!

I think this might result in too much jockeying on the waitlist. Let's say a PK class is admitting 28 kids and has two sets of twins applying in the lottery. For both, one twin matches and the other is waitlisted. Family A had one matched twin and one with #2 on the waitlist and enrolls their matched twin the day after results come out. Family B has one matched twin and one that is #1 on the waitlist. If family A enrolls thier twin first then with a sibling enrolled the other twin would move to #1- but would then move right back down to #2 once family B enrolled. Seems kind of pointless?

This is PP. I agree with you, that it shouldn't depend on who gets their paperwork in first or who gets processed first. But in my situation, I'm just fantasizing here because I really want my other twin to get in!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SO wait. If you accept a spot for one twin, that should add preference for the other twin as sibling enrolled. At least that's what happened to us. One twin was 2 and the other was 31. Twin with 2 matched and moved the other twin from 31 to 1.

My guess is your twin with the worse number changed from no preference (other than IB, if that applied to you) to "sibling offered," when your better-numbered twin was "offered" off the WL and that was what bumped up your worse-numbered twin. At least this year, there's no "sibling enrolled" preference, only "sibling offered" and "sibling attending."

https://www.myschooldc.org/faq/key-terms#preference

Trust me, I do wish there were another bump for "sibling enrolled"!

I think this might result in too much jockeying on the waitlist. Let's say a PK class is admitting 28 kids and has two sets of twins applying in the lottery. For both, one twin matches and the other is waitlisted. Family A had one matched twin and one with #2 on the waitlist and enrolls their matched twin the day after results come out. Family B has one matched twin and one that is #1 on the waitlist. If family A enrolls thier twin first then with a sibling enrolled the other twin would move to #1- but would then move right back down to #2 once family B enrolled. Seems kind of pointless?

This is PP. I agree with you, that it shouldn't depend on who gets their paperwork in first or who gets processed first. But in my situation, I'm just fantasizing here because I really want my other twin to get in!

Oh I am the PP and also have twins who are enrolled at different schools right now and are #1 on each others' waitlists. So I completely understand the anxiety and can see fantasizing that MAYBE you could move up a spot for "sibling enrolled" and nab an open spot in a brief window where your other twin was ahead before another family got their paperwork in. No twins don't HAVE to be together but think of how much easier life would all be!