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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone who is at those schools with sibling preference first got in without sibling preference pulling them in.[/quote]

Right, but for the siblings who get in through sibling preference, they didn't get in because of their own lottery results, they got in because of a sibling's results... which isn't fair, especially if it's happening the same year and it pulls a sibling ahead of kids who have higher lottery numbers in the other grade. In addition, it is possible for a family to live IB and get the first kid in without ever doing the lottery, move OOB, and then get all of the rest of their kids into that school through the sibling preference. So I'm still not seeing anything here indicating that the sibling preference in the lottery is fair. It is convenient for those families, for sure... and in some cases possibly a logistical necessity... but not *fair* as a lottery preference.

If you're still having a hard time with this concept, think of how this would work if the DC Lottery (the one for $$) worked this way. What if whenever someone won an amount of money in the lottery, it also gave their family members holding lottery tickets an equal amount of money/ticketholder and decreased the chances that anyone else would win. Would that be *fair* because the family won with one ticket? Now, what if those extra winners used up more than half of the available lottery winnings every year?

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Sibling preference is a good for the whole city, because it reduces traffic. It also strengthens that family 's relationship to that school, and that makes the school community stronger.

I know the only child families feel slighted by this but it is a good policy. Sounds like you have really young kids -- Have faith in the process, keep playing, your child may end up getting lucky in year. Don't feel you need to move before K.[/quote]

Yes, this. Sibling preference is not unfair. If moving is a possibility, move into a feeder pattern you love. You will not regret the ease of walking to school and not thinking about the lottery. [/quote]

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