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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My first child (DC1) is enrolled in PK3 at a DC Charter school. This coming year (2017) DC2 will also be doing the lottery and enrolling in PK3 in 2017. (DC1 will be lottery-ing for a PK4 spot). I understand that we can re-enroll DC1 in the charter we are at and that DC2 will get a preference for a PK3 spot at that same charter. But. . . there are some other charters that we'd prefer to the one DC1 is currently attending.

So, I was thinking that we should enter both kids in the lottery again, with the same list of schools. The one DC1 is currently in will be our "safety" school for DC2 (it is not a HRCS, and went through its whole waitlist last year, so I think we have a very good shot at getting DC2 in there.)

My question is, what if DC2 gets matched to one of our top choice charters and DC1 does not? (I assume this could happen, since there are more PK3 spots than PK4 spots at all the charters we are interested in.) Once we enroll DC1, will DC2 move up on the waitlist due to sibling preference? And even if DC2 does move up on the waitlist due to sibling preference, didn't many HRCS have siblings on the WL this year who never made it in?

It may not be possible for us to do two different school drop offs, so I'm not sure how to balance wanting the kids to be in the best school possible versus wanting the kids to be in the same school for convenience and companionship. If any of you have been through this situation or thought through this situation, I would appreciate your advice.[/quote]

Parent of 3, who've attended 3 different schools over the years, here.  Use all three to play the lottery.  Having more than one child is expensive, so take advantage of anything that does actually work in your favor.  Whatever your best result is in the lottery, the "most lucky" (for lack of a better term) child will pull your others in.  Put all of them in the lottery and rank them in order of preference.  If one hits the jackpot, the other will ride in via the WL.  Schools make every effort to bring in siblings, because they know families are more committed and the entire education is better if the children are on the same path.[/quote]

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