Sibling Preference and Inspired Teaching

[Anonymous]

I just saw online that ITS only allows sibling preference if you apply in the initial lottery. That makes sense and I assume they are allowed to do that. However I have a question. I have DC1 attending ITS now. DC2 will enter PK3 in the fall. If I don't place ITS #1 on DC2's lottery application and DC2 matches with a school we prefer over ITS, does that mean I can't re-add DC2 to the ITS waitlist? I am concerned that DC2 might get into a higher choice and DC1 might still not get in to that school, and I want my kids at rhe same school.

[Anonymous]

Call/email myschooldc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just saw online that ITS only allows sibling preference if you apply in the initial lottery. That makes sense and I assume they are allowed to do that. However I have a question. I have DC1 attending ITS now. DC2 will enter PK3 in the fall. If I don't place ITS #1 on DC2's lottery application and DC2 matches with a school we prefer over ITS, does that mean I can't re-add DC2 to the ITS waitlist? I am concerned that DC2 might get into a higher choice and DC1 might still not get in to that school, and I want my kids at rhe same school.

Call MSDC, but pretty sure a charter school can decide whether to offer sibling preferences at all, and if they do offer it, they can set limits or parameters.

In your scenario above, you could add DC2 back to the ITS WL but they would not have sibling preference. They would be behind everyone else on the initial WL.

Sounds like they want to limit sibling preference to families that are committed to their school, and not necessarily to people who continue to try their luck or trade "up."
Bold move, ITS

[Anonymous]

If DC2 gets into a school other than ITS, wouldn't DC1 be #1/super high on that school's waitlist? (That's how it works for twins.) Are you worried because this other school doesn't generally accept students at DC1's grade?

I get the feeling that schools generally try to make sure siblings are at the same school, but I could be wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If DC2 gets into a school other than ITS, wouldn't DC1 be #1/super high on that school's waitlist? (That's how it works for twins.) Are you worried because this other school doesn't generally accept students at DC1's grade?

I get the feeling that schools generally try to make sure siblings are at the same school, but I could be wrong.

Yes, DC1 would be high, but maybe not high enough. If it's Yu Ying or Stokes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If DC2 gets into a school other than ITS, wouldn't DC1 be #1/super high on that school's waitlist? (That's how it works for twins.) Are you worried because this other school doesn't generally accept students at DC1's grade?

I get the feeling that schools generally try to make sure siblings are at the same school, but I could be wrong.

Yes, DC1 would be high, but maybe not high enough. If it's Yu Ying or Stokes.

Unless there is another family who has a kid match and is trying to get a sibling into the same grade as DC1, I feel like even YY or Stokes could make it work because DC1 would be #1 on the waitlist. But I guess it's not a sure thing. If I were in OP's position, I'd probably just rank ITS #1 for DC2. Because in the alternative, even if DC2 gets a good draw and matches with another school, it's just going to cause stress about getting DC1 in.

[Anonymous]

That feels really sneaky and disingenuous. I'm sure ITS is tired of losing people to language schools, but they also need to stop moving their waitlist only in August.

To me "committed" families is coded language for higher SES.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If DC2 gets into a school other than ITS, wouldn't DC1 be #1/super high on that school's waitlist? (That's how it works for twins.) Are you worried because this other school doesn't generally accept students at DC1's grade?

I get the feeling that schools generally try to make sure siblings are at the same school, but I could be wrong.

Yes, DC1 would be high, but maybe not high enough. If it's Yu Ying or Stokes.

Unless there is another family who has a kid match and is trying to get a sibling into the same grade as DC1, I feel like even YY or Stokes could make it work because DC1 would be #1 on the waitlist. But I guess it's not a sure thing. If I were in OP's position, I'd probably just rank ITS #1 for DC2. Because in the alternative, even if DC2 gets a good draw and matches with another school, it's just going to cause stress about getting DC1 in.

Do siblings jumping into the Sibling Enrolled category rank by lottery number or by the date their sibling enrolled?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That feels really sneaky and disingenuous. I'm sure ITS is tired of losing people to language schools, but they also need to stop moving their waitlist only in August.

To me "committed" families is coded language for higher SES.

Seriously. It sucks for the kids who could have started the year at ITS. On the first day of school this year there were several kids on the roster that it was common knowledge had moved away. Why wait?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If DC2 gets into a school other than ITS, wouldn't DC1 be #1/super high on that school's waitlist? (That's how it works for twins.) Are you worried because this other school doesn't generally accept students at DC1's grade?

I get the feeling that schools generally try to make sure siblings are at the same school, but I could be wrong.

Yes, DC1 would be high, but maybe not high enough. If it's Yu Ying or Stokes.

Unless there is another family who has a kid match and is trying to get a sibling into the same grade as DC1, I feel like even YY or Stokes could make it work because DC1 would be #1 on the waitlist. But I guess it's not a sure thing. If I were in OP's position, I'd probably just rank ITS #1 for DC2. Because in the alternative, even if DC2 gets a good draw and matches with another school, it's just going to cause stress about getting DC1 in.

Do siblings jumping into the Sibling Enrolled category rank by lottery number or by the date their sibling enrolled?

Good question. I don't know. I think I assumed by lottery number.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If DC2 gets into a school other than ITS, wouldn't DC1 be #1/super high on that school's waitlist? (That's how it works for twins.) Are you worried because this other school doesn't generally accept students at DC1's grade?

I get the feeling that schools generally try to make sure siblings are at the same school, but I could be wrong.

Yes, DC1 would be high, but maybe not high enough. If it's Yu Ying or Stokes.

Unless there is another family who has a kid match and is trying to get a sibling into the same grade as DC1, I feel like even YY or Stokes could make it work because DC1 would be #1 on the waitlist. But I guess it's not a sure thing. If I were in OP's position, I'd probably just rank ITS #1 for DC2. Because in the alternative, even if DC2 gets a good draw and matches with another school, it's just going to cause stress about getting DC1 in.

Do siblings jumping into the Sibling Enrolled category rank by lottery number or by the date their sibling enrolled?

Good question. I don't know. I think I assumed by lottery number.

I think it is the date they enroll. Another question for MSDC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That feels really sneaky and disingenuous. I'm sure ITS is tired of losing people to language schools, but they also need to stop moving their waitlist only in August.

To me "committed" families is coded language for higher SES.

I disagree. The lottery lets you do this. There are a ton of reasons why someone would want to leave even a "highly-regarded" school like ITS. It just might not be a good fit (for the kid, the family, etc.).

[Anonymous]

ITS did not move its wait list for several weeks over the summer ... I wonder if they are trying to manipulate their WL to create a more stable cohort.

It may not violate the specific rules of the system, but it does seem to be drifting away from its intent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ITS did not move its wait list for several weeks over the summer ... I wonder if they are trying to manipulate their WL to create a more stable cohort.

It may not violate the specific rules of the system, but it does seem to be drifting away from its intent

Not gonna work.

--Underwhelmed mom whose kid was admitted in early Oct.

[Anonymous]

OP here. I emailed MySchoolDC and they called back in just a few minutes! I was amazed.

They said if DC2 matches somewhere she ranked higher, she loses sibling preference at ITS and can not add it back as a sibling. Bummer.