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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can a kid without sibling preference get into a school over a kid with sibling preference? I thought the answer was no but might be confused.[/quote]

I believe if a kid with sibling preference ranks the school at which they have sibling preference, but matches at something they ranked higher, [b]they will be waitlisted in the sibling category at the school where they have sibling preference. [/b]So a kid without sibling preference could match over them.

Sibling preference can be lost if the sibling leaves the school.[/quote]

I don’t think that’s correct at all. You are not waitlisted at schools you ranked below your match, period. That’s why the number one rule of the lottery is to rank your choices in your true order of preference.

On the issue of whether a kid without sibling preference can get in over sibling preference - my understanding is that every school sets its own policy for priority groups - sibling, inbound, proximity, children of staff, etc. so the answer to that is depends on which school. [/quote]

Thanks for the response- that is what I thought.  Let’s say it’s two kids who have in-boundary preference, and one of them also has sibling preference.  No other preferences for either kid and this is a DCPS school.  The kid with sibling and in boundary preference should be admitted before kids with just in boundary preference is my understanding.[/quote]

There are different buckets based on how a school does preference. In your example those two kids aren't even in the same bucket. This is all crystal clear. It is in no way a mystery. Take Maury as an example. The order of preference is:

1. In-boundary w Sibling Attending 
2. In-boundary w Sibling Offered 
3. In-boundary 
4. Sibling Attending 
5. Sibling Offered 
6. Proximity

My School DC is run VERY well and their website and supporting info is quite good. Would suggest taking a few minutes to review, PP.[/quote]

Based on your example a kid with in boundary cannot get in before a kid with in boundary sibling attending.  Someone told me they were waitlisted but other kids who only had in boundary were admitted.  Hence my question to this “crystal clear” situation.  But thanks for the condescension.[/quote]

If “in-boundary with sibling” matched somewhere else, they can’t match at the school in question, because no one can match at two schools. So the plain in-boundary kids match, and “in-boundary with sibling” winds up at the top of the waitlist. [/quote]

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