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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. The school in question is a DCPS. Kid will turn 3 at the end of January and does not have any special needs. (I was doing an intake with the parent for a social service and I guess she could have lied about the lack of participation in Strong Start or Early Stages). Anyway, the school admitted the child in mid-September, so obviously they had space and are not a sought-after school. I just get so tired of the culture of cheating/lying. What are we teaching our children?[/quote]

Why are you assuming that this mother lied or cheated? It seems more plausible to me that the school, which is not full or sought after, allowed the child to come in. So it’s the principal that someone would need to talk to.  Don’t you assume that the child is going to want to celebrate his or her birthday at school? I don’t the family would keep that a secret.[/quote]

Because outside of Early Stages, no one can enroll in PK3 outside of the MSDC process. You have to enter a birthdate and the system will reject the application if the child is too young. [/quote]

But it seems completely plausible that this family went directly to the school to submit enrollment paperwork, bypassing electronic field limitations that would prevent someone from submitting a lottery application that didn't meet the bday parameters. MSDC is simply a lottery program. Families still need to submit hard copy enrollment paperwork to schools. Again, my guess is the school is not sought after, there was space and the parent went in and asked. Again, if the principal allowed the child in using his/her digression this is on the principal. [/quote]

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