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06.11.08, 11:42 AM NY Schools
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If NEST doesn't fill classes and there isn't a waitlist, why can't sibs who didn't make cutoff be given spot? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
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why can't kids who got a 97+ who didn't get a placement that they wanted at Nest be given a spot? They qualified, sibs did not [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 11:46 AM Flag

ITA. Enough with the sibs priority. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 11:59 AM Flag

NP: You are misreading the original post. If a 97 wanted a spot at NEST, then they would have been offered it. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 12:08 PM Flag

Not necessarily. There is no WL, so if more of the kids decline spots than expected there may be spots while 97/98 scoring kids are not placed there. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 12:12 PM Flag

There are about three people below with high scores saying they will decline Nest spots if they are offered. Those spots will go unfilled unless DOE does some sort of wait list system [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 12:27 PM Flag

np: Exactly. So far, there will be no wait lists. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 12:35 PM Flag

So far this whole process has been a moving target. I would not assume what the DOE says today is what it will say tomorrow. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 12:38 PM Flag

True enough. But there's no basis for assuming that they will resort to wait lists either. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 12:39 PM Flag

That's why we should all proceed if there aren't going to be any. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 12:40 PM Flag

np above: I gotcha. You are saying a 98/97 selected NEST but didn't get it because it was filled with 99s and or other 98s... OK. Never mind. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 01:46 PM Flag

Honestly I think this is what will quietly happen at the beginning of the school year when classes are not filled. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 12:13 PM Flag

Mechanically how would it work though? NEST administrators would have to go back to OSEPO to identify potential students to call and offer seats to. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 12:36 PM Flag

I think she meant that sibs would fill the seats--they could dod that without involving OSEPO [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 01:26 PM Flag

I just think with a citywide school, there should be some limit on admitting sibs. A sib with a score lower than 97 should not get in ahead of a 97 or 98. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 01:41 PM Flag

I agree 100%. But I don't think the DOE will wildly advertise that because it will create mass chaos on acceptances with people turning down spots in hope they get something better later. If, however, people legitimately don't enroll in a G&T (either get none of their selected choice, or choose their zone school instead), there is nothing to say they can't keep calling OSEPO all summer to ask about openings... [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 02:05 PM Flag

I'd like to know what the tester says is the margin of error/reliability within the various scores. How different is a 98 going to be than a 97, given the test and all... [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.12.08, 07:35 AM Flag

What is NEST? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 12:15 PM Flag

One of the NYC G&T type schools downtown. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 06.11.08, 12:50 PM Flag