[House] San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion forum digest - 3/26/2017

Sun Mar 26 02:15:03 PDT 2017

San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion 3/25/2017
9:14 am - 3/26/2017

1. April Spring Break woodworking camp still available (nedarz)
2. Announcing: Toddler Support Group (jessicafsf)
3. Comment: Any twins get two different SFUSD assignments?
(jessicafsf)
4. Comment: Any twins get two different SFUSD assignments?
(R3ALMhouse)

1. April Spring Break woodworking camp still available
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nedarz - 3/25/2017 1:11 pm

 The Butterfly Joint in the Mission is full for next
 week but still has spots for kids 5-12 years old during
 4/10-14 and 4/17-21. We had a change of plans and
 needed to release our Spring Break spot, but my 7-year
 old had a great time in their December camp making an
 inlaid nameplate and it's a great place for camps,
 afterschool classes, and birthday
 parties.http://thebutterflyjoint.com/camps/M-F
 9:00am-3:00pm(Ages 5-12)The woodworkers will make their
 very own wall-mounted coat/hat rack to put some sense
 of organization into their lives. They will even get to
 personalize it with our in-house laser cutter!Aftercare
 is provided from 3-5pm for $15/hour ($12 per
 hour/sibling) and can be paid for by CHECK or CASH ONLY
 upon pickup at end of day.

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2. Announcing: Toddler Support Group
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jessicafsf - 3/25/2017 9:20 am

 Come high five/commiserate with other twin parents
 going through the same stages you are! Meeting will be
 at a member's house in Noe/Castro. Moms and dads are
 welcome. Snacks will be served, and advice will be
 offered. RSVP here or on Facebook. Hope to see you
 there!Event Details & RSVP---------------------- 
 What: Toddler Support Group Who: San Francisco
 Parents of Multiples When: Thu Mar 30, 2017, 8-10 pm
 PDT Where: An SFPOM family's house RSVP for
 address RSVP:
 http://www.bigtent.com/home/calendar/event/100779563?md=NjA3Nzg0MjI=

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Email author: jessica at burrows.net
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Topic: Any twins get two different SFUSD assignments?

 Any twin parents going through the SFUSD lottery right now?
 Did anyone get their twins assigned ...

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assignments?"

 3. jessicafsf says...
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 3/25/2017 9:13 am

 This is (as is every discussion around the lottery)
 fairly complicated, but of couse you're right that
 parents wants their twins to go to the same school.The
 problem is the disadvantage that it gives a family to
 need to get two simultaneous spots in this lottery
 process.The box on the application IS how you link the
 twins. If you check the box, you're telling the system
 that the two applications have to have the same
 assignment. The system will place one, then attempt to
 place the other at the same school. If there isn't a
 spot (which, at least towards the end of the round,
 there often isn't) then the first twin will lose that
 spot and the system will attempt to start over.If you
 don't check that box, the system should run both apps
 totally independently of each other. Then, after the
 first assignments are made, you can pick one of the
 schools you got, and try to get the other kid in in
 later rounds.The challenge of getting two simultaneous
 spots is why even the SFUSD website says that if you
 link your twins, you reduce the likelihood of getting a
 spot at a school that you want.Most twin parents I know
 chose not to link their apps. But so far every pair of
 twins has gotten the same assignment. Yes, I agree that
 #8 on your list isn't bad. But many twins got #39, #52,
 or something not on their list at all. Those are the
 families struggling to understand why their two kids
 both independently got something so far down on their
 list, when they should have been treated as two
 independent applications.
 Email author: jessica at burrows.net
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 4. R3ALMhouse says...
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 3/25/2017 9:35 am

 My twins were both assigned the same school, our area
 attendance school, which was our 8th or 9th choice
 (still a good school, but we wanted a Spanish immersion
 program). I did not link them in the application.My
 problem with this assignment is that there are two
 local (non-immersion) schools that are closer, but they
 are not my area attendance school!
 Email author: house at digitalkingdom.org
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