Sibling offered vs Sibling enrolled

[Anonymous]

DD matched for PK3, and her older brother is #4 on the waitlist as sibling offered. Is it true that if I enroll her quickly, he can move up with a "sibling enrolled" preference?
How much more weight does that have? Is there a chance he can move all the way IN to the school, or is waitlist #1 the most he can move with this preference. TIA!

[Anonymous]

He will move to the bottom of the Sibling Enrolled Waitlist. So that could be number 2-3 if there are already other kids with siblings enrolled on the waitlist.

[Anonymous]

You don’t move ahead of others who already have the sibling enrolled preference and are on the waitlist

[Anonymous]

I don't think so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think so.

I think it means student currently attending.

[Anonymous]

Are you all sure that s/he moves to the bottom of sibling enrolled, and not in that category based on lottery number?

[Anonymous]

Yes - once you enroll your younger child - they move to the new status BUT once other kids who are in front of you enroll, their will jump infront of your on the waitlist as their status changes to sibling enrolled as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you all sure that s/he moves to the bottom of sibling enrolled, and not in that category based on lottery number?

I think the PPs are wrong and you end up placed based on your initial lottery number w/in your new pref category (although w/ #1 on the WL being the best you can do). When we move IB to a new school post lottery for PK4, we jumped from 70+ to 1 on the WL and jumped other IB families. We got in and some IB families didn’t, so we definitely did not go to the bottom of the new preference category.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes - once you enroll your younger child - they move to the new status BUT once other kids who are in front of you enroll, their will jump infront of your on the waitlist as their status changes to sibling enrolled as well.

Does the ranking stay the same?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you all sure that s/he moves to the bottom of sibling enrolled, and not in that category based on lottery number?

I think the PPs are wrong and you end up placed based on your initial lottery number w/in your new pref category (although w/ #1 on the WL being the best you can do). When we move IB to a new school post lottery for PK4, we jumped from 70+ to 1 on the WL and jumped other IB families. We got in and some IB families didn’t, so we definitely did not go to the bottom of the new preference category.

This is correct. Your waitlisted kid's master number will determine where in the "sibling enrolled" waitlist he is- so yes, the faster you get your older kid enrolled the better as otherwise someone already in the"sibling enrolled" could get an offer if a spot opens up before you enroll your older kids and you otherwise would have jumped ahead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you all sure that s/he moves to the bottom of sibling enrolled, and not in that category based on lottery number?

I think the PPs are wrong and you end up placed based on your initial lottery number w/in your new pref category (although w/ #1 on the WL being the best you can do). When we move IB to a new school post lottery for PK4, we jumped from 70+ to 1 on the WL and jumped other IB families. We got in and some IB families didn’t, so we definitely did not go to the bottom of the new preference category.

This is correct. Your waitlisted kid's master number will determine where in the "sibling enrolled" waitlist he is- so yes, the faster you get your older kid enrolled the better as otherwise someone already in the"sibling enrolled" could get an offer if a spot opens up before you enroll your older kids and you otherwise would have jumped ahead.

This is really depressing to me, because it means my waitlisted sibling enrolled who probably got a bad draw could get bumped back by a newly enrolled sibling, even though we have already been at the school for years. I'd hope that longevity at the school would matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you all sure that s/he moves to the bottom of sibling enrolled, and not in that category based on lottery number?

I think the PPs are wrong and you end up placed based on your initial lottery number w/in your new pref category (although w/ #1 on the WL being the best you can do). When we move IB to a new school post lottery for PK4, we jumped from 70+ to 1 on the WL and jumped other IB families. We got in and some IB families didn’t, so we definitely did not go to the bottom of the new preference category.

This is correct. Your waitlisted kid's master number will determine where in the "sibling enrolled" waitlist he is- so yes, the faster you get your older kid enrolled the better as otherwise someone already in the"sibling enrolled" could get an offer if a spot opens up before you enroll your older kids and you otherwise would have jumped ahead.

This is really depressing to me, because it means my waitlisted sibling enrolled who probably got a bad draw could get bumped back by a newly enrolled sibling, even though we have already been at the school for years. I'd hope that longevity at the school would matter.

Longevity at school is not a lottery preference category. I get your disappointment but not sure it should matter- people move to the city all the time and have to get their kids in; or maybe someone last year had an awful number and finally got lucky with the lottery. Last year my DD got down to #1 on the waitlist for our in bounds for PK3 and then this year got an awful number and is towards the end of the WL for in bounds for PK4- it would have been nice to have gotten consideration for ranking my in bounds #1 and almost getting in but I didn't and this is similar as being at a school longer term and not getting pereference. Someone who wants it more or who has wanted it longer doesn't have the ability to jump the list

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you all sure that s/he moves to the bottom of sibling enrolled, and not in that category based on lottery number?

I think the PPs are wrong and you end up placed based on your initial lottery number w/in your new pref category (although w/ #1 on the WL being the best you can do). When we move IB to a new school post lottery for PK4, we jumped from 70+ to 1 on the WL and jumped other IB families. We got in and some IB families didn’t, so we definitely did not go to the bottom of the new preference category.

This is correct. Your waitlisted kid's master number will determine where in the "sibling enrolled" waitlist he is- so yes, the faster you get your older kid enrolled the better as otherwise someone already in the"sibling enrolled" could get an offer if a spot opens up before you enroll your older kids and you otherwise would have jumped ahead.

This is 100% NOT true. Once the sibling enrolls, the other sibling (assuming they already received the sibling offered preference) will not see an improvement in their #. Sibling enrolled preference is exclusively reserved for students whose sibling are currently attending the school (or were until COVID 19...) Newly registered students are not able use the preference for their siblings. I think they even changed the name of the preference from sibling enrolled to sibling attending preference to make this clearer for parents.

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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

This is 100% NOT true. Once the sibling enrolls, the other sibling (assuming they already received the sibling offered preference) will not see an improvement in their #. Sibling enrolled preference is exclusively reserved for students whose sibling are currently attending the school (or were until COVID 19...) Newly registered students are not able use the preference for their siblings. I think they even changed the name of the preference from sibling enrolled to sibling attending preference to make this clearer for parents.

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

Thanks for sharing this clarifying info!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you all sure that s/he moves to the bottom of sibling enrolled, and not in that category based on lottery number?

I think the PPs are wrong and you end up placed based on your initial lottery number w/in your new pref category (although w/ #1 on the WL being the best you can do). When we move IB to a new school post lottery for PK4, we jumped from 70+ to 1 on the WL and jumped other IB families. We got in and some IB families didn’t, so we definitely did not go to the bottom of the new preference category.

This is correct. Your waitlisted kid's master number will determine where in the "sibling enrolled" waitlist he is- so yes, the faster you get your older kid enrolled the better as otherwise someone already in the"sibling enrolled" could get an offer if a spot opens up before you enroll your older kids and you otherwise would have jumped ahead.

This is 100% NOT true. Once the sibling enrolls, the other sibling (assuming they already received the sibling offered preference) will not see an improvement in their #. Sibling enrolled preference is exclusively reserved for students whose sibling are currently attending the school (or were until COVID 19...) Newly registered students are not able use the preference for their siblings. I think they even changed the name of the preference from sibling enrolled to sibling attending preference to make this clearer for parents.

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

But the PP is still correct that if your category changed (e.g., by moving IB), your master list number would control where w/in the category you would end up; you don't just go to the bottom of the pile.