Do you have to rank current charter as #1 to get sibling preference?

[Anonymous]

I would like my kid to attend our IB for PK3. Many kids get waitlisted. Older sibling at charter. I prefer IB over charter but would like to have option of sibling preference if we don’t get in at IB. I figured best way is to list IB at #1 and charter at #2. Will I lose out on sibling if I don’t rank it #1? If so, would I just apply to charter after lottery as PK3 with sibling enrolled and move up the waitlist?

Thanks

[Anonymous]

If you list the IB #1, you will either match or be waitlisted. I don't think you would lose the sibling preference.

Do you want to move your older child to the IB?

[Anonymous]

You don't lose the sibling preference if you don't rank a school first.

You can invoke it later, so to speak, if you want to / need to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you list the IB #1, you will either match or be waitlisted. I don't think you would lose the sibling preference.

Do you want to move your older child to the IB?

Thanks.

No, older child is set to graduate to middle school and will be too old for IB.

[Anonymous]

Will older child still be enrolled at the charter you're hoping to send the younger one to, though?

Some schools (IT for example) are PK-8. Others (Achievement Prep, Capital City) are actually separate schools for elementary and middle schools, though they share a campus. If your older child is in one of the latter types of schools, the younger child may not qualify for sibling preference at the elementary just because the older is enrolled at the middle school. Best to check with the school, and with MySchoolDC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will older child still be enrolled at the charter you're hoping to send the younger one to, though?

Some schools (IT for example) are PK-8. Others (Achievement Prep, Capital City) are actually separate schools for elementary and middle schools, though they share a campus. If your older child is in one of the latter types of schools, the younger child may not qualify for sibling preference at the elementary just because the older is enrolled at the middle school. Best to check with the school, and with MySchoolDC.

Yes, she will be enrolled at the school during lottery time. Thanks again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Will older child still be enrolled at the charter you're hoping to send the younger one to, though?

Some schools (IT for example) are PK-8. Others (Achievement Prep, Capital City) are actually separate schools for elementary and middle schools, though they share a campus. If your older child is in one of the latter types of schools, the younger child may not qualify for sibling preference at the elementary just because the older is enrolled at the middle school. Best to check with the school, and with MySchoolDC.

Yes, she will be enrolled at the school during lottery time. Thanks again.

Not sure that is the relevant question. While it's called a "sibling attending" preference the FAQ for MSDC says "If your child is admitted with a sibling preference, be prepared to prove that your children are siblings when you enroll them" (emphasis added). It kind of goes against the purpose of the preference to take a kid whose sibling will never attend school with them. But it wouldn't be the first nonsensical thing DC schools have done. I'd just check, and get the answer in writing, so you don't end up with an unpleasant surprise next spring.

[Anonymous]

Cap City give sibling attending preference to any sibling enrolled PreK3 - 12th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Will older child still be enrolled at the charter you're hoping to send the younger one to, though?

Some schools (IT for example) are PK-8. Others (Achievement Prep, Capital City) are actually separate schools for elementary and middle schools, though they share a campus. If your older child is in one of the latter types of schools, the younger child may not qualify for sibling preference at the elementary just because the older is enrolled at the middle school. Best to check with the school, and with MySchoolDC.

Yes, she will be enrolled at the school during lottery time. Thanks again.

Not sure that is the relevant question. While it's called a "sibling attending" preference the FAQ for MSDC says "If your child is admitted with a sibling preference, be prepared to prove that your children are siblings when you enroll them" (emphasis added). It kind of goes against the purpose of the preference to take a kid whose sibling will never attend school with them. But it wouldn't be the first nonsensical thing DC schools have done. I'd just check, and get the answer in writing, so you don't end up with an unpleasant surprise next spring.

Don’t schools like Latin have alumni preference? Maybe OP’s school has something similar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Will older child still be enrolled at the charter you're hoping to send the younger one to, though?

Some schools (IT for example) are PK-8. Others (Achievement Prep, Capital City) are actually separate schools for elementary and middle schools, though they share a campus. If your older child is in one of the latter types of schools, the younger child may not qualify for sibling preference at the elementary just because the older is enrolled at the middle school. Best to check with the school, and with MySchoolDC.

Yes, she will be enrolled at the school during lottery time. Thanks again.

Not sure that is the relevant question. While it's called a "sibling attending" preference the FAQ for MSDC says "If your child is admitted with a sibling preference, be prepared to prove that your children are siblings when you enroll them" (emphasis added). It kind of goes against the purpose of the preference to take a kid whose sibling will never attend school with them. But it wouldn't be the first nonsensical thing DC schools have done. I'd just check, and get the answer in writing, so you don't end up with an unpleasant surprise next spring.

Don’t schools like Latin have alumni preference? Maybe OP’s school has something similar.

Myschooldc just shows it as having sibling attending, sibling offered, and child of staff preferences. Maybe Latin allows sibling attending preference for the middle school when a sib is enrolled in the high school and vice versa (that would make sense).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would like my kid to attend our IB for PK3. Many kids get waitlisted. Older sibling at charter. I prefer IB over charter but would like to have option of sibling preference if we don’t get in at IB. I figured best way is to list IB at #1 and charter at #2. Will I lose out on sibling if I don’t rank it #1? If so, would I just apply to charter after lottery as PK3 with sibling enrolled and move up the waitlist?

Thanks

Just call MSDC to get the right answer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Will older child still be enrolled at the charter you're hoping to send the younger one to, though?

Some schools (IT for example) are PK-8. Others (Achievement Prep, Capital City) are actually separate schools for elementary and middle schools, though they share a campus. If your older child is in one of the latter types of schools, the younger child may not qualify for sibling preference at the elementary just because the older is enrolled at the middle school. Best to check with the school, and with MySchoolDC.

Yes, she will be enrolled at the school during lottery time. Thanks again.

Not sure that is the relevant question. While it's called a "sibling attending" preference the FAQ for MSDC says "If your child is admitted with a sibling preference, be prepared to prove that your children are siblings when you enroll them" (emphasis added). It kind of goes against the purpose of the preference to take a kid whose sibling will never attend school with them. But it wouldn't be the first nonsensical thing DC schools have done. I'd just check, and get the answer in writing, so you don't end up with an unpleasant surprise next spring.

Don’t schools like Latin have alumni preference? Maybe OP’s school has something similar.

No schools in DC offer alumni preference. But sibling preference does still apply at Latin (fpr example) if you have one child in middle school and another in high school.