Anonymous
Post 03/31/2017 15:57     Subject: Re:Interpreting our lottery results
Anonymous wrote:You should 100% have to have your kid physically enrolled before you get a sibling preference for his sibling IMO. Think about this: Parent of a 1st grader and PK3. 1st grader is in private but they want to use ECE at DCPS for a few years. So they "enroll" the 1st grader in 2nd grade for the fall at the same time they lottery both kids. What's to stop them? Nothing. Seems like easy way of gaming the system. Or hell they could even just make up an "older" kid. Nobody's going to verify anything unless the kid actually shows up to school.


We were told that if our incoming K did not enroll, our PK3 would lose her spot if her lottery numbers didnt get her in with no sibling preference.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2017 15:38     Subject: Interpreting our lottery results
Isn't it an enrolled preference for IB K though? Even if starting next year? There is no lottery for IB K, so is there an accepted preference?
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2017 15:29     Subject: Re:Interpreting our lottery results
Anonymous wrote:This is OP. My other child isn't currently enrolled - he will be starting K in the fall - but DCPS gave me a temp id to enter into the lottery website, and my confirmation email notes that our PK application had both an inbounds and sibling preference. DCPS told me that I needed only to enroll my K by the normal K enrollment deadline. Maybe that was a mistake.


So you would have IB with sibling accepted preference. Not sibling ENROLLED, because your older child is not currently enrolled at the school. I do think that they made a mistake with your sibling preference and would suggest you call to clarify, though. If you have sibling preference, it may move your number up, but that depends on the school.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2017 14:31     Subject: Re:Interpreting our lottery results
Anonymous wrote:You should 100% have to have your kid physically enrolled before you get a sibling preference for his sibling IMO. Think about this: Parent of a 1st grader and PK3. 1st grader is in private but they want to use ECE at DCPS for a few years. So they "enroll" the 1st grader in 2nd grade for the fall at the same time they lottery both kids. What's to stop them? Nothing. Seems like easy way of gaming the system. Or hell they could even just make up an "older" kid. Nobody's going to verify anything unless the kid actually shows up to school.


There's no perfect answer. In your scenario, the rising 2nd grader could enroll and then get off the waitlist in October for a charter. Should they kick out younger sib at that point?
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2017 14:27     Subject: Re:Interpreting our lottery results
You should 100% have to have your kid physically enrolled before you get a sibling preference for his sibling IMO. Think about this: Parent of a 1st grader and PK3. 1st grader is in private but they want to use ECE at DCPS for a few years. So they "enroll" the 1st grader in 2nd grade for the fall at the same time they lottery both kids. What's to stop them? Nothing. Seems like easy way of gaming the system. Or hell they could even just make up an "older" kid. Nobody's going to verify anything unless the kid actually shows up to school.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2017 07:36     Subject: Re:Interpreting our lottery results
OP here. Thanks, everyone! I will enroll my daughter in K today and hopefully work this out.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2017 07:33     Subject: Re:Interpreting our lottery results
Yes, it sounds like a screw up. We are in the same position -- applying to our in-bound school for Pre-K3 and K. We got in and our lottery results say "In-boundary with sibling attending"
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2017 07:32     Subject: Interpreting our lottery results
Also ignore the PP who says your sibling preference doesn't apply before the lottery. If you have an incoming K student, and put in the temp ID, you should have gotten the preference. When I called myschooldc they said the school had to confirm it and the school screwed it up.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2017 07:30     Subject: Interpreting our lottery results
Yes. That means they screwed up your sibling preference. That happened to us too, but we luckily caught it before the lottery happened.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2017 07:30     Subject: Re:Interpreting our lottery results
Anonymous wrote:This is OP. My other child isn't currently enrolled - he will be starting K in the fall - but DCPS gave me a temp id to enter into the lottery website, and my confirmation email notes that our PK application had both an inbounds and sibling preference. DCPS told me that I needed only to enroll my K by the normal K enrollment deadline. Maybe that was a mistake.


Go enroll your K student today for the fall. Then call MSDC - the sibling preference doesn't actually apply until the older kid is enrolled or accepted.

But as soon as you do make it official for the older child the WL number for younger child should move.

Don't trust DCPS. Only MSDC. The last month was spent 'validating' the preferences etc. Bc your older DC isn't yet enrolled the sibling preference may have been dropped.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2017 07:25     Subject: Re:Interpreting our lottery results
This is OP. My other child isn't currently enrolled - he will be starting K in the fall - but DCPS gave me a temp id to enter into the lottery website, and my confirmation email notes that our PK application had both an inbounds and sibling preference. DCPS told me that I needed only to enroll my K by the normal K enrollment deadline. Maybe that was a mistake.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2017 07:22     Subject: Interpreting our lottery results
Call myschooldc
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2017 07:19     Subject: Interpreting our lottery results
I would call my school DC, not DCPS
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2017 07:18     Subject: Interpreting our lottery results
Just to clarify, do you have an older child enrolled now?

Call MSDC, not DCPS.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2017 07:12     Subject: Interpreting our lottery results
We applied to a PK4 with both an in-boundary AND sibling preference, and we are #30 on the waitlist. Our results panel lists only "in-boundary" under "Preferences." Does that mean that the system somehow lost our sibling preference? Do others who have both types of preferences see them both listed there? Asking before I sit on hold with DCPS all day ...