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I'm a Seattle mother of twins and am trying to get some online signatures for a family in our local twins group. See below:
We are Stephanie and Matt Jewett, parents of twin girls that were assigned to different schools for Kindergarten. We have been trying since April to have both of our girls assigned to any of our many neighborhood schools – just the same one! To date the only resolutions offered are to bus our girls to separate neighborhood schools, or to bus them more than an hour plus, one-way, to a school far from where we live.
When our story was covered by The Seattle Times we heard from many other parents that have had their children assigned to separate schools during the enrollment process. We have joined together to form, Keep Our Kids Together.org
Please select the link below to sign our petition
www.keepourkidstogether.org
We need your signatures by Monday, August 18
Please sign only once
We are intending to present the signatures at the August 20 board meeting
We are requesting two straightforward enrollment process changes to improve the odds siblings will be assigned to the same school when that is the choice of the parent.
Do not break the Sibling Link. If either child does not gain acceptance to their first choice school, maintain the Link through all choices during the enrollment process.
Allow multiples to enroll with a single lottery number
We need your help! Please help us distribute the petition. Mail this message to other parents, friends, and colleagues. Please post this message to online groups.
If you would like more information please visit our website at www.keepourkidstogether.org, or contact us at info@keepourkidstogether.org
Thank you for your help and support.
- Stephanie and Matt Jewett
Seattle times article:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008051809_twins15m.html Seattle Public School and Siblings / Twins - Help keep them together! Seattle- Stores, Restaurants, Services, Products, Activities, Events