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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids are three years apart academically and sure, it would be nice if my younger DC were guaranteed a spot somewhere even if my elder DC left the school.  But I just don't buy that the relationships and oh so special unique school culture really matters.  Charters love to tell you they're so special and unique but meh.  I don't think an entire family full of kids should be permanently blessed just because of a good lottery number for one kid, one time 10 years ago.  Creating a system where newcomers to the city and people with bad lottery numbers have no hope of a good school is a real down side to this kind of policy.  And if my younger DC wanted to go somewhere other than where her older sibling went, a sibling alumni preference could make that more difficult for her to get in.  I see the importance of sibling preference for family logistics, but I just don't see the same value in sibling alumni preference.  With older children the commute pressure is not as bad anyway.

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Where are your kids going that is only a 3 year program with no feeder?[/quote]

There are some standalone middle schools.  Digital Pioneers, Sojourner Truth, SJS.  And there are schools that serve very few grades because they are new starts, so that could affect a family.  And Appletree.  Or, if a family adopted or a parent married and created stepsiblings, a sibling relationship could arise that didn't exist before.  But I still think it's fine for kids to have their own lottery luck and not count on some long-ago sibling.  Like if DC1 attended Wilson and graduated in 2020, does that mean that if the dad remarries and has kids with a new wife, another child could be entitled to attend Wilson in 2035?  Sorry, no.[/quote]

None of those even have waitlists. And the PK family who want free child care at apple tree for their kid when the oldest is now in elementary? Please. Many people don't get free PK for their first, second or 3rd kid. [/quote]

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