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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its probably not people moving in boundary that is bumping OP down the waitlist, but older kids with siblings getting in off the waitlist.

My eldest has been offered spots at a couple of charter schools this summer and each time, his younger brother moves to the #1 spot on the waitlist for that particular school.  [/quote]

No, because older kids don't lottery into Lafayette unless they are OOB, in which case their younger siblings would not move ahead of OP's IB kid.

What I'm not sure about: if people with an older kid and a PKer move IB, they could enroll their older kid, but if they hadn't played the lottery for PK, would they still be able to get their younger one on the waitlist ahead of people who lotteried? I would think not.[/quote]

Yes, if they are IB with a sibling they will jump ahead of all of the regular IB kids without siblings regardless of when they lottery.  In other words, a family with two kids can move in in August and their younger kid jumps to the top of the waitlist above anyone without a sibling. 
- PP with lots of experience with this[/quote]

But how can this be, given that IB families HAVE to lottery for PK? When the lottery is closed, isn't it closed to everybody? How can someone who hasn't played the lottery jump ahead of someone who did?[/quote]

You do a post lottery application and jump to your place within your “tier”, whether that be IB with sibling, IB or whatever.  If you do post lottery, you are going to be at the bottom of the IB with sibling tier, but chances are there is no one ahead of you anyway since all the other siblings got in off the bat (few schools waitlist any IB with sibling kids). [/quote]

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