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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would love to know the answer to this. I know two families who got into Peabody PK3 with a sibling enrolled preference and neither of them are actually planning on sending their older child to Watkins for 1st grade. (You get the preference if you have a kid at Peabody, Watkins or Stuart Hobson). Seems like blatant cheating. [/quote]

We were told younger kid could lose their spot if older kid enrolled in different school.[/quote]

I'm the quoted PP. In the case of both families they are planning to do private so I'm not sure how DCPS is going to catch that. At least not in time to boot the younger sibling. [/quote]

PP again. To clarify, these are families that were enrolled last year in K at Peabody. [/quote]

But "IB with sibling enrolled" doesn't mean "IB with sibling enrolled who intends to reenroll next year." School enrollment is not permanent. Can a PK3 child who has a sibling in 5th grade have that preference taken away from them because their older sibling matriculates to middle school?

I understand that people are concerned about other families gaming the system, but what do you expect, that people who have an older child enrolled at a school only list the sibling enrolled preference if they are 100% sure that the sibling will be remaining at the school? It seems like the only way to enforce that would be to only list "IB with sibling enrolled" for applicants whose older sibling did not enter the lottery at all, since that would be a way to demonstrate that the enrolled student is not considering other options.[/quote]

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