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I heard ps199 might have to turn away some families next year. Does anyone know who gets priority? Do out of catchment sibs take priority over in catchment incoming k kids?
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11.10.09, 12:09 PM [ Flag ]
- siblings get priority.
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  11.10.09, 12:13 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - catchment sibs get priority over catchment kids with no sibs. but both get priority over out of catchment kids.
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    11.10.09, 12:17 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- In zone sibs, then zoned kids, then non-zone sibs, then everyone else
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  11.10.09, 12:13 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - really? Nonzoned sibs don't get priority over new zoned kids? That's interesting. I predict many a fight.
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    11.10.09, 12:15 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - np: there will be a lot of upset, but the DOE rules are not going to change!
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      11.10.09, 12:16 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - there's already been many a fight at other publics and the DOE doesn't change the preference order.
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      11.10.09, 12:17 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - That'll be interesting. Half of the families moved out of catchment (some never lived in catchment).
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    11.10.09, 12:17 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - sucky situation for all involved!
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      11.10.09, 12:17 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - Not really for those who never lived in catchment. And there are quite a few. They don't deserve any priority.
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        11.10.09, 12:18 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        i don't think that they deserve priority, but surely you can see this is not a fun situation for those who got in via lottery and assumed their younger kids could go there too. there is no question that their kids will come after in-catchment kids, in terms of priority, but it does make their lives much harder.
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        11.10.09, 12:38 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        lottery is different than moving, imo, and very different than lying. There are, however, very few 199 families that came in through a lottery.
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        11.10.09, 12:52 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        agree that lying about address is very different than getting in through lottery. no sympathy there! and i also agree that moving out of zone is a decision that has consequences, which everybody must realize when they do it.
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        11.10.09, 12:54 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - I know a family there that never even lived in the borough.
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      11.10.09, 12:17 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - And now that family is going to take a coveted middle school spot!
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      11.10.09, 12:25 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - Bet I know who you mean...they live in Brooklyn, right?
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        11.10.09, 12:34 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        lol I think everyone knows that family.
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        11.10.09, 12:35 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- According to the DOE stats 85% of the 199 kids in 2008 were living in the cachement. And only 4%
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  11.10.09, 12:22 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - ^^^4% of this years K class are OOC.
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    11.10.09, 12:22 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - wtf????
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      11.10.09, 12:23 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - To the best of their knowledge. A lot of people lie about their address.
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      11.10.09, 12:26 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - I don't doubt that. But if they lied about their address in the past they'll lie in the future and be counted as in cachement so those sibs will have priority.
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        11.10.09, 12:27 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        some have said they moved and some continue to lie. Do other schools have this problem?
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        11.10.09, 12:36 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        all the good ones, or so I've heard. The DOE policy that if you move dc and all sibs get to attend that school forever is ridiculous. Unless they can do a home visit to every home on the first day of K this cheating will continue.
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        11.10.09, 12:38 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- I doubt 199 will be allowed to deny spots to in cachement kids until they first give up all the specialty rooms for regular classrooms. I understand the school is overcrowded, but if they are allowed to do this while other schools lose all their cluster rooms the public outcry will be deafening.
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  11.10.09, 12:51 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- last year some parents of OOC db's were phoned and told their siblings would not be given a place
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I heard ps199 might have to turn away some families next year. Does anyone know who gets priority? Do out of catchment sibs take priority over in catchment incoming k kids?

siblings get priority.

catchment sibs get priority over catchment kids with no sibs. but both get priority over out of catchment kids.

In zone sibs, then zoned kids, then non-zone sibs, then everyone else

really? Nonzoned sibs don't get priority over new zoned kids? That's interesting. I predict many a fight.

np: there will be a lot of upset, but the DOE rules are not going to change!

there's already been many a fight at other publics and the DOE doesn't change the preference order.

That'll be interesting. Half of the families moved out of catchment (some never lived in catchment).

sucky situation for all involved!

Not really for those who never lived in catchment. And there are quite a few. They don't deserve any priority.

lottery is different than moving, imo, and very different than lying. There are, however, very few 199 families that came in through a lottery.

agree that lying about address is very different than getting in through lottery. no sympathy there! and i also agree that moving out of zone is a decision that has consequences, which everybody must realize when they do it.

I know a family there that never even lived in the borough.

And now that family is going to take a coveted middle school spot!

Bet I know who you mean...they live in Brooklyn, right?

lol I think everyone knows that family.

According to the DOE stats 85% of the 199 kids in 2008 were living in the cachement. And only 4%

^^^4% of this years K class are OOC.

wtf????

To the best of their knowledge. A lot of people lie about their address.

I don't doubt that. But if they lied about their address in the past they'll lie in the future and be counted as in cachement so those sibs will have priority.

some have said they moved and some continue to lie. Do other schools have this problem?

all the good ones, or so I've heard. The DOE policy that if you move dc and all sibs get to attend that school forever is ridiculous. Unless they can do a home visit to every home on the first day of K this cheating will continue.

I doubt 199 will be allowed to deny spots to in cachement kids until they first give up all the specialty rooms for regular classrooms. I understand the school is overcrowded, but if they are allowed to do this while other schools lose all their cluster rooms the public outcry will be deafening.

last year some parents of OOC db's were phoned and told their siblings would not be given a place

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