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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I realize this wasn't the point of this thread, but it got me thinking. Why do PK-3 and PK-4 have sibling preference. Since getting in to your in-boundary school isn't guaranteed at that grade it seems like the preference should stop at just in-boundary and all in-boundary kids should have an equal chance at those spots. Just because someone chose to have multiple children, why do they have an advantage of getting in and therefore not having to do another year of paid daycare/pre-school to the tune of $20-$25,000. [/quote]

It's because parents need their kids at the same school if at all possible. It also encourages family involvement, and adds to the likelihood of families staying at the school, which is how neighborhood schools are strengthened. [/quote]

I get that, but if one kid is already at the school b/c they are older, the parents are already likely having 2 kids in 2 different places, with the younger one being at daycare or something. Their convenience shouldn't mean that because I am choosing to only have one kid (or, for people that plan to have more this is true if their first kid is a rising pre-k student) that we don't get into our in-boundary school because spots are filled up with siblings (even if they are in-boundary) and then have to pay more than $20,000 for an extra year of private daycare. My point is that for in-boundary at pre-k 3 there shouldn't be any sibling preference and all in-boundary should have an equal chance. [/quote]

This also doesn't factor in the numerous families of only children who elect (or whom circumstances elect) to not have more children. T[b]hey should have equal opportunity to apply and enroll in PS3 and PK4 slots[/b]. Also agree that there should be a preference for at risk kids first.[/quote]

They can enroll at many of the open spots across the city.

Stop thinking of it as a perk. It's not a perk, except to the UMC residents who live in the few areas where PK seats don't meet demand. And convenience for those families do not get precedent over keeping the multitude of DCPS families in tact. [/quote]

You have inadvertently made the counter argument to your own point.  The IB sibling preference really only matters in “the few areas where PK seats don’t meet demand.”  Are there other boundary PK programs where being a sibling really means the difference between getting in and getting waitlisted?  I think in other areas all IB kids who want to attend get in (whether sibling or not) so this point is moot.  But at those “in demand” PK programs the sibling preference does operate as a perk for families with kids already in the school, and I don’t think it should.  I think your larger point — that no policy change should negatively impact at risk kids in the city — is true.  [/quote]

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