myschooldc kicking my son out of school

[Anonymous]

I am having a current issue with my sons enrolled school and with "MySchoolDC" and their sibling offered preference policy. Its more myschooldc than it is the school. We have had numerous phone calls from "MyschoolDC" that my youngest child will be kicked out of his current enrolled school, due to the fact that he no longer has sibling offered preference since his older brother enrolled at a new school one day before school started. Has anyone ever heard of this before? The one person that keeps calling us from Myschooldc is the rudest and really doesn't care about children and their education. My son is 3, waitlisted in all the other schools on the list with probably no shot at getting into any of them. Is there a way to fight this? do I have a chance of winning this?

[Anonymous]

If your older child left the school, why should the younger one get preference?

[Anonymous]

OP, if your older child is attending somewhere else, why would you claim sibling preference for the younger? He doesn't have a sibling who will be enrolled, right?

[Anonymous]

Seriously, OP? It's spelled out in their policies.

https://www.myschooldc.org/node/116

Sibling attending preference

Preference for a student who has a sibling currently attending the school. There is a place on the application to enter the name of a sibling(s) currently attending the school. Before the lottery, the school will verify eligibility for that preference. The definition of "sibling" may vary by school. Please note that at most schools, this preference is meant to allow siblings to attend the same school at the same time. If you end up withdrawing the "attending" student for the following school year, it is possible that your sibling preference, and subsequent enrollment, match or waitlist offer, will be revoked. Please contact the school directly for information about their sibling policies. DCPS's sibling information can be found in their Enrollment and Lottery Handbook.

The definition of "sibling" may vary by school. Please contact the school directly for this information.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, OP? It's spelled out in their policies.

https://www.myschooldc.org/node/116

Sibling attending preference

Preference for a student who has a sibling currently attending the school. There is a place on the application to enter the name of a sibling(s) currently attending the school. Before the lottery, the school will verify eligibility for that preference. The definition of "sibling" may vary by school. Please note that at most schools, this preference is meant to allow siblings to attend the same school at the same time. If you end up withdrawing the "attending" student for the following school year, it is possible that your sibling preference, and subsequent enrollment, match or waitlist offer, will be revoked. Please contact the school directly for information about their sibling policies. DCPS's sibling information can be found in their Enrollment and Lottery Handbook.

The definition of "sibling" may vary by school. Please contact the school directly for this information.

Sorry OP, preK isn't a required grade. So if the older sibling moves, then the school has the right to revoke preference. Hopefully you can sign your 3 yo for sibling preference at your older child's new school

[Anonymous]

You forfeited your sibling preference when you decided to move your older child. Sucks, but that’s the policy. Put in a post lottery application for one of the schools with a short wait list.

[Anonymous]

Oh the entitlement...

[Anonymous]

OP, the system is working the way it should. You only moved your older child the day before school started in hopes of avoiding this by thinking they wouldn’t notice and you know it. There’s nothing to fight. Move along and play by the rules.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am having a current issue with my sons enrolled school and with "MySchoolDC" and their sibling offered preference policy. Its more myschooldc than it is the school. We have had numerous phone calls from "MyschoolDC" that my youngest child will be kicked out of his current enrolled school, due to the fact that he no longer has sibling offered preference since his older brother enrolled at a new school one day before school started. Has anyone ever heard of this before? The one person that keeps calling us from Myschooldc is the rudest and really doesn't care about children and their education. My son is 3, waitlisted in all the other schools on the list with probably no shot at getting into any of them. Is there a way to fight this? do I have a chance of winning this?

ONE day before school started? Really???

Come on OP. This sounds super shady. Why did you move your older child anyways?

[Anonymous]

No, there’s no way to fight it. No, you have no chance of winning. And $100 says that you consider anyone rude if they tell you that you are not entitled to something you clearly have no rights to.

[Anonymous]

I am surprised myschooldc is enforcing, not the school itself. Having two kids, it can be difficult. If OP got an offer at her top choice the day before school—which happens-I could see being in this mess. I’m sorry OP. It’s brutal but those are technically the rules but I am not sure how consistently it is enforced. This is the first year we got a decent pick and we were very nervous about keeping the kids together through the process.

[Anonymous]

I’m guessing the scenario is you enrolled your older child in your wotp very desirable in boundary school and knew you could do it last minute since you have a right to go there. And since your IB doesn’t offer pk3 you wanted to use it free free at another school. Tough, lady.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am having a current issue with my sons enrolled school and with "MySchoolDC" and their sibling offered preference policy. Its more myschooldc than it is the school. We have had numerous phone calls from "MyschoolDC" that my youngest child will be kicked out of his current enrolled school, due to the fact that he no longer has sibling offered preference since his older brother enrolled at a new school one day before school started. Has anyone ever heard of this before? The one person that keeps calling us from Myschooldc is the rudest and really doesn't care about children and their education. My son is 3, waitlisted in all the other schools on the list with probably no shot at getting into any of them. Is there a way to fight this? do I have a chance of winning this?

ONE day before school started? Really???

Come on OP. This sounds super shady. Why did you move your older child anyways?

Did you wait until the day before school started because you thought nobody would notice until it was too late?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m guessing the scenario is you enrolled your older child in your wotp very desirable in boundary school and knew you could do it last minute since you have a right to go there. And since your IB doesn’t offer pk3 you wanted to use it free free at another school. Tough, lady.

And if this is what happened, shame on you, OP for doing that to your older child’s school. Springing a newly enrolled child on your inboundary school is how we get overcrowding. Your school wasn’t prepared for him and had to be added to an already set class at the last minute. That sucks for the teacher, your kid and everyone honestly. If your older child had gotten a last minute lottery spot you would have said that inYour OP. You were trying to be slick and beat the system.

[Anonymous]

Is this common? I’m surprised they would really yank a student after the school year started. Is this just for PK?

Also, is myschooldc part of DCPS? I’d think you would hear something officially from the school itself.