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[quote=Anonymous]this siblings of newly admitted is a tricky thing in lotteries.

I like the way that Cap City does it.  Once you turn in enrollment paperwork for the admitted student, the sibling moves to the top of the list.  Then, the sibling preference lottery is for folks who have already made some effort to attend the school.  The siblings get to the top of the list in the order that enrollment paperwork is turned in.

The way that I think Wash Latin does it, the newly admitted student's sibling is offered a place the same night of the lottery, feels more problematic to me.  It really then matters what order you conduct the classes.   If you pull the 5th grade first, with an older 8th grade sibling, the 8th grader could get a slot.  If you pull 8th grade first, where there are very few slots, unlikely the 8th grader will get picked at all, and the slots are gone by the time 5th grade is pulled.

The Cap City way makes it very likely that the sibling of the newly admitted student will have to wait a full year before attending.  Wash Latin makes it more likely that sibling get in the same year. [/quote]

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