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[quote=Anonymous]I have two children. Older is in 8th grade at Basis, younger is in 4th at our IB school. Our IB middle is a non-starter.

Older DD has announced she wants to go to Walls next year. She loves Basis and would also be happy there for HS, but she wants Walls, and I think she has a shot (but who knows). If she doesn’t get into Walls, she’ll stay at Basis, either is great.

How will this work with our younger DS in the lottery? He wants to go to Basis next year, and we desperately want him there. He’ll have sibling preference, so presumably, he’ll be offered a slot, and we’ll immediately enroll him. But what if DD gets a slot at Walls? He would immediately lose sibling preference at Basis if she enrolls there, right? Does that mean he loses his seat immediately if his number isn’t good enough? But he wouldn’t be on the waitlist for any other schools on his list since they would be lower on his list then Basis.

My understanding is that this kind of thing is left to the discretion of the school. Has anyone been through this with Basis specifically? Or know someone who has? What happened?

I don’t want to ask admin because I’d rather not tell them DD is thinking of leaving (especially since there’s a good chance she stays!)[/quote]

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