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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]not sure why you are focusing on a year old policy that makes total sense...[/quote]

One year would arguably produce the evidence of the policy changes efficacy, wouldn't you agree?

It was an across the board change imposed on schools with little evidence to support shutting the door to siblings based on facility/age gap. Just asking if there has been anyone affected (positively or negatively) by the policy change.

Sidebar: Rumor has it that it was solely initiated to ensure space for a specific school administrator's late bloomer kid in a school that needed several open spaces based on the numbers by 2022.[/quote]

What "evidence" could possibly support it?  Sorry you are having a hard time but only children already are disadvantaged and sibling alumni preference just makes it worse.[/quote]

What evidence supports that only children are any more worse off? I'd think more spaces would be taken by employees and administrators preference just off share numbers alone then would age gap siblings?[/quote]

The numbers for that kind of preference are capped so I don't think it would matter a lot.

[b]Perhaps you could explain how a sibling alumni preference benefits the general public in any significant way[/b].[/quote]

This. It's a perk without need. Sorry you had your kids too far apart, OP. Time to move on.[/quote]

Eek, harsh. But true - t[b]he policy reason for sibling preference is to ease pick up and drop off, not secure seats for family ties[/b].[/quote]

This was merely one reason sibling preference was put in place over 20 years ago, but not the only reason.

Seems more unfair to reserve preference for attendance to employees and senior administrators.  A school can hand-pick employees... you can't choose the families that lottery in.[/quote]

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