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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had my older and a DCI feeder, but not my younger kid. Older one got into DCI immediately. Two years later, we had sibling preference in the lottery, and DC2 was waitlisted but with a low number (#6, I think). The younger kid was accepted in early May off the waitlist. For what its worth, the younger kid was in the Spanish track and spoke the language.[/quote]

I think as time goes on your situation will become more unusual. [/quote]

+1 with most of the feeders expanding this will not be the norm.[/quote]

I agree.  In addition, there will likely be no spots left for non-feeder kids even in French or Chinese, because it will go to the Spanish feeder kids who did not get into the Spanish track.  They could easily learn a 3rd language, and it would be much easier to pick up vs. a monolingual child.[/quote]

I'm not sure that's true.  The DCI website says this:

https://dcinternationalschool.org/about-us/faqs/
Must students from the member schools continue in the same language from their elementary school?
Yes. The purpose of the member school feeder pattern is for students to continue their language immersion journey towards adult bilingualism and biliteracy. Students are encouraged to add additional languages through language specials. Students who come to DCI without a language study background will have to commit to a language track to pursue throughout their time at DCI.[/quote]

DP, but I think what PP was saying is that a family would put their current language with feeder preference first, but list other languages without feeder preference lower on their lottery list. I feel like if you had a poor enough lottery draw that you didn't get a feeder slot, you'd also get shut out of the non-preference French or Chinese slots. We're in a Spanish school and DD has no problems with it since she's spoken it since birth. We'd have no qualms with her starting a third language in sixth (may be a cool opportunity actually!), but I know many families that are either concerned about their child's ability in their current language OR the child really doesn't like immersion and would refuse starting over in a third language. [/quote]

I agree, with a bad lottery number it would be hard to get in without another preference.  But if you didn't get in with feeder preference, could sibling preference still put you high on the list?  Because there are definitely kids who have both.

The DCI website says "Does DCI have sibling preference?  DCI has sibling preference within DCI, as well as with some member schools.  Sibling preference can only be approved for siblings in the same language track."  But "language track" is different from which feeder school you're coming from, right?  Mundo, LAMB, DCB, and Stokes have different feeder allocations and together they make up the Spanish language track?  I.e. there's no need to be from a feeder school at all, as long as you're applying to the same language track as your sibling is in.  So if Kid 1 came in as a Mundo Verde graduate, and Kid 2 doesn't have a good enough lottery to come in with feeder preference but also applies to the non-feeder Spanish track, that kid would likely be admitted if there were any spots?  So basically anyone at a feeder who doesn't have an older sibling is SOL if their lottery number is bad.

This is so confusing!

It says "sibling preference I agree that someone with a bad lottery number and no sibling would have trouble getting in for any language track.  [/quote]

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