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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live in Crestwood and both of our kids go to Oyster Bilingual. We love that school, and it’s community.[/quote]

May I ask, how did you get into Oyster (for the first kid, at least) with no preference? Looking at waitlist data, it looks like you can only get a spot if you have sibling preference or, at least, in-bound preference. Wondering if I'm missing something in how this whole lotto works! I'm not putting any schools where, based on waitlist data, I have zero chance of getting in because even everyone on the waitlist has some sort of preference....but are you saying there's a chance I'm not seeing?? I put Oyster on the wasted-pick list for this very reason.[/quote]

We are bilingual. Our kids first language is Spanish. So we simply did the lottery to get in on the Spanish side and our first child was the last number on the list to be picked out of bounds. We got extremely lucky. Oyster then tested our child to be sure our kid spoke Spanish. When it came time for our second, we had sibling preference but still had to be tested for Spanish. [/quote]

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