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[quote=Anonymous]I don't know why we're still talking about the sibling preference things; it isn't going anywhere. If we're bending over backwards for the convenience of UMC parents in north Arlington who need to walk their kids to school every day because anything less is an unthinkable tragedy, then we sure as heck can give the same consideration to the lower income working families who can't entertain the idea of an option program unless all their ES aged kids can go together on a bus or be walked at the same time.

Equity doesn't mean everyone is treated the same. It means you remove barriers, not put them up. If we have option programs, then we make policies that ensure they are accessible to all families, and we give sibling preference at the ES level because APS won't even let kids get off the bus and walk a block home without a parent until 4th grade.

It's not the same at the secondary level, when kids are able and allowed to walk unaccompanied, which is why there's no sibling preference at that level. [/quote]

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