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[quote=Anonymous]Been on the SAAC waitlist for two schools since the day I was able to register my K-to-be. Got notification today that we have made it into after care for our primary school (yay!), but it will be 3 more weeks until I hear about the first of 2 magnet programs at another school we have applied to. We are on the wait list there as well, and quite high on those lists, but it's a computer generated admit process so no idea if we will get into either magnet program at that school.

SAAC in Fairfax Co allows you to be on two wait lists, but if you get in, you only have 3 business days to accept, regardless of if you are waiting to hear on a magnet program admittance or not. There is no allowing someone behind you to go ahead or differing of any kind. When you accept to one you are dropped from the other wait list. So if I accept, we are dropped from the other list, and even if I get back on that wait list right away (which they allow you to do AFTER you drop) I would be 33rd on that list, lsoing my space whcih is currently No. 1.  If I dont accept, I get dropped from the list at the primary school and will be 34th on THAT list when I request to be re-added.

My first concern, of course, was getting into a program and I am glad to be into one -- as 2-parent working household, this is vital.

That said, one would think that the county could adjust acceptance deadlines for magnet programs so parents who have otherwise followed all of the rules to get into the highly competitive before/after care programs and magent school application protocol arent stuck with a frustrating decision to make -- accept at one school and risk getting into the magnet program with no care, after taking the time to go to all of the orientations, applications and early registration required to even get into the lottery, or not accept and risk not having after care if you dont get into the magnet program.

My question: What would you do? Take the sure thing -- after care at a school I know he can attend if he chooses -- or lose that spot and wait on the possibility of the other program? I hate to basically cut his opportunity short before he even gets it. [/quote]

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