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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really don't understand why people are against sibling preference. When I was a kid I had a family with 8 kids. Because of boundary changes, one year we attended six different schools. We got our picture int he local paper because of it. I doubt my parents went to a single PTA meeting at any of the schools.

It just makes sense to have siblings attend the same school. It's environmentally friendly by promoting carpooling, it reduces parents' stress by easing the morning routine, it enables parents to become more invested in the school.

The only argument people make is that the sibling is taking up a space that a non-sibling would otherwise take. But they don't really care about that non-affiliated student, because as soon as the person is admitted they become affiliated and might -- horror! -- also have siblings taking up more spaces. But each student can take no more and no less than one space. They have to take a space somewhere, and nobody else will be able to take that space.

People who complain about sibling preference remind me of children who throw a fit to get a toy from another child, only to toss it aside and throw another fit when the other child picks up a different toy.[/quote]

Have you ever considered that there are families like mine who only have one child because we can't afford more due to the expenses of the city? We are frustrated when other families who are able to afford more than one since they choose to have them take up spots that could be spread around to ease the load of other families. Why should a family with more than one child get special treatment and take up all of the space. There should be a cap to the number of siblings that can be admitted. Maybe then more families can take advantage of opportunities (and have more than one child).[/quote]

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