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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Beyond her bad behavior, I think it is fair to talk about what she proposed as a policy. I disagree that twins are so special, especially at middle and high school, that they should be guaranteed two slots.[/quote]

Agree.  If there's room at a lottery school to add more kids, they should simply increase capacity.  They should anyway to ease even a little bit the overcrowding at the three comprehensive high schools.  [/quote]

Agree 100%. It seems likely that the reason we have the twin policy at the elementary level is because we also have sibling preference (for the obvious logistical ease of the families). The twin preference simply ensures that the sibling preference applies when you have two kids from one family applying at the same grade level.

There is no sibling preference at the secondary school level, and there shouldn't be a twin preference either. Kids are old enough to manage on their own, families can choose to make it work or not -- and twins have no magical bond that deserves elevating them above other siblings. This pertains to choice school admissions only.

What bothers me is how NVD bullied APS staff into changing their decision without NVD having support from anyone but Talento. She called for three votes, did not get them, and then directed staff to make the change anyway (at the end of that portion of the meeting, staff said they would change it).[/quote]

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