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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What the above pister said is correct. Several years ago we had one child in the 3 year old program and wanted to have our older child in the same school. We enrolled the older child at Julia Brown Montessori for a year and then transferred him into the 1st grass at Robert Goddard. Not sure if the process has changed.[/quote]

Did you have to go through the lottery?  How did you like Julia Brown Montessori?[/quote]

So, we have twins that will be in Kindergarten September 2017.  We had them in Julia Brown Montessori (JBMS) for 2 years but this current school year, we transferred them to another pre-K school at a non-Montessori school.  This school has a good MD-state accredited K program which we had intended to keep the kids in this coming year and transition them back to JBMS for 1st grade (JBMS has a "Juniors" class which is 1st-3rd grades).    However, we are interested in going into the RGMS lottery for next year (rising 1st grade for Sept 2018).  How long do they have to be in a full-time Montessori program to transfer?  Do they have to be in the full year or can they transfer in halfway through the school year?  Anyone know?  JBMS is not as convenient for us and doesn't have some of the advantages of our other private K program, but if we need to put them back in JBMS early to have a shot at RGMS, we'll do it.  I'm not sure how likely we could get into the rising 1st grade class next year but we hope that with 3 years of lottery and hopefully not as many kids in upper grades having the Montessori background to transfer in, that we'll have a chance over 3 years.

I will be calling JBMS back to talk to them and will also contact the "Pupil Accounting and School Boundaires" office mentioned above, but if anyone else has any anecdotal evidence, I'd appreciate hearing.[/quote]

Just an FYI- Sibling preference does not apply in the case you are describing so even if one of your twins got in there is a good chance that the other may not.  [/quote]

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