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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone please talk me off of a ledge? We're in a really sticky situation.

Elder child, 3rd grader, has been at our inbound DCPS school "A" since they were in Pk3. Younger child has been accepted and enrolled at the same school "A" in Pk3 for 26-27 school year. We had both inbound and sibling preference.

Elder child then lotteried into an out of bound, higher rated, different feeder pattern school "B" for grade 4 for the 26-27 school year.

We enrolled Elder child into school "B".

We are now informed that Younger child is having their spot taken away at school "A" and placed back on the waitlist (at 4th place), because although they are inbound, they've lost the weight of sibling preference.

I can't imagine that every single child accepted and enrolled in pk3 next year at school A is both inbound and sibling preference, so why are we losing a spot instead of someone else who only has inbound preference? If this had happened in September after the school year began would my Younger child lose their spot?

Do I have a leg to stand on here with admin and central office? We've already given notice at our daycare!

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It's a bit messy, but once older child unenrolled, they reassigned your inbound PK3 the lottery number they would have pulled had you not had sibling preference. Younger kid's IB-only lottery number was lower than others, including current #1-3 on the waitlist. Had your kid's standalone IB number been enough to get them in without older sibling's pull, they'd have left you enrolled. Does school A typically take a handful of PK3 kids off the waitlist? You're still in decent position. I can venture a guess as to what area of D.C. you're in given what you said about feeders and the availability but high demand of PK3, and I know options may seem limited now. That said, you can 1) look at the "short waitlist" data right now if you need to evaluate where you could enroll today 2) there's a solid chance your daycare will understand and let you stay enrolled, if that's your top choice. [/quote]

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