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Parent urges district policy after twins split in UPK lottery; board and staff offer follow-up
Summary
A parent told the East Islip board the district’s UPK lottery separated her twins; the board president defended district practice and staff and a South Shore representative offered to clarify wait-list procedures and follow up offline.
Megan Brown, a parent of incoming universal prekindergarten students, told the East Islip Union Free School District Board that her twins were given widely different lottery numbers — Peyton at 80 and Riley at 217 — for 78 available UPK slots, and urged the board to adopt a policy to keep multiples together for developmental and family reasons.
"It would be detrimental to their development," Brown said in a public comment, describing more than a month of outreach to district staff and a conversation she said she had with her state…
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