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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes I think the sibling preference makes a lot of sense for K-5 spots and generally makes sense for charters, citywides, and DCPS OOB.  But there are a lot of DCPS schools where IB people who all necessarily have rights as of K are largely or fully shutout of access to the IB PreK without a sibling and I am not sure that one specifically is all that fair.[/quote]

You could solve this by making IB preference rank higher than sibling preference for PK. So all IB families would be in the same boat for PK in terms of he lottery, regardless of whether they have an older child at the school. But I agree getting rid of sibling preference generally makes no sense, especially for charters where families are commuting (as well as charter or all city schools with special programs like immersion or Montessori where there are also good reasons to have siblings in the same program).

But I actually do think the PP going on about sibling preference might have a limited point about PK lottery for IB schools. There's no particular reason that a family with older children should get preference over a family with younger children or an only when it comes to accessing the PK program at their IB. Yes double drop off is annoying but if you have younger kids in daycare, you're doing it anyway. And not getting into your IB PK doesn't exclude you from the PK program altogether, pretty much everyone in the city has access to programs reasonably nearby even if they can't get into their IB for PK.[/quote]

IB preference already is prioritized over sibling preference.  The only thing that comes higher is IB with a sibling...[/quote]

Right -- the idea is that for PK, sibling preference would only matter if you were OOB. So everyone who was IB would be ranked first according to lottery draw, then OOB with sibling, then OOB. You basically get rid of sibling preference for IB kids.

There are schools where it is virtually impossible to get into the PK program even if you are IB, unless you have an older sibling at the school. It's the one place where the sibling preference genuinely feels "unfair" because there's no compelling reason why IB families with older kids should be preferences for those spots over IB families without older kids.These are neighborhood schools which by definition are close by so the arguments about efficiency and reducing commutes make less sense -- no matter what, IB families who miss out on PK spots will wind up having to commute elsewhere for PK, why is it important that this be limited to families without older kids at the school?[/quote]

Yes— we are IB at a school where it is impossible to get into preschool without an older sibling. Our oldest was not able to go to the school across the street from us until K because of it! The commute and community arguments make less sense in that situation, but they still have some value. Families with siblings only have one drop off, etc. It was a bit annoying but not something to be mad about- we felt lucky enough to have great universal pre-K in DC, and we were able to find a program close by that we were happy with. So it all worked out. [/quote]

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