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We have friends with a similar conundrum - Kid turns 4 in September.  Only difference is that these parents never applied to charters last year because they couldn't envision there kid in an all-day program yet.  Are they morally more justified to apply for PS3 (since they never got a shot) than we are?[/quote]

Thanks for the follow-up. I don't think your friends are any more morally justified. The PS3 programs are for 3 year olds. It's unfortunate that the competition for spaces is such that parents don't feel that they have the option of waiting until their kids are ready. But that's how it works.[/quote]

I agree with this.  It's one thing to red-shirt your kids in your IB DCPS school which he has a right to attend.  It's another to try when in a competition for slots with other parents.

As for your friends - "since they never got a shot" just isn't the case.  They had a shot, the same as everyone else - they just didn't take it.  There's no difference between you and them at all in this situation.

And I know for a fact that my daughter's charter wouldn't permit this nonsense.[/quote]

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