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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Half children are a problem in these lotteries. Many, many parents in DC have several children with different mothers and fathers.  DC kids will say "she's my sister on my father's side," meaning she has a different mother. I think if siblings do not live together, they should not be able to use sibling preference. [/quote]

I disagree.  In the case of a complex family arrangement, I think it's in the best interest of the child for the state to do everything it can to foster and nurture positive family relationships.  Public schools are an extension of the state, and therefore half-siblings should be entitled to the same privileges as full sibs.[/quote]

I agree 100%.  [/quote]

I don't.  The purpose of the sibling preference isn't "for the state to do everything it can to foster and nurture positive family relationships."  Frankly, and I'm a lefty, lefty liberal, I want the state to keep it's nose out of my family relationship.  The purpose of the sibling preference is so that parents put into a position so they don't have to truck similar-aged kids cross-town to different schools.  That purpose is not served - at all - by giving step or half siblings who don't live together a sibling preference.

Plus, if the kids aren't the same grade (and half-siblings rarely are), there's goign to be little or no benefit on the "family relationship."

Put another way, work on your family relationships on your own time, don't expect a school preference to help you out.   [/quote]

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