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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So if my child has no preferences anywhere we apply, the best we can hope is an early lottery number and enough open (non IB, non Sib) spaces at one of our top 3-5 schools? And if our lottery number is at the end of the pack, we will basically be shut out of all but choices 11 or 12 and at the end of most wait lists?[/quote]

So one thing that confuses me about this whole conversation is, did something change at the charters in terms of defining "open/available slots"?  Last year all the charters I cared about accounted for sibling slots BEFORE reporting/finalizing how many "available slots" would go to lottery.  So if the slot was lotteried at all, it went to non-sibs.

Did that change?  I do understand that if the school only has 10 open slots and 20 sibs who want it, they need to have a sib-only lottery, and I can see how this year those sibs who didn't get a slot would have to apply through the common lottery to fight it out for those few spots or their waitlist positions.  But did that change?  Are all sibs now entering the common lottery and no spaces are filled with sibs before the lottery?[/quote]

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