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<br />. lottery date. If there. are more applicants than total openings, positions are filled by the random <br /> <br /> <br />lottery method, with a random lottery of Sibling Preference and Proximity Preference applicants <br /> <br /> <br />first, followed by a random lottery process for students that do not qualify for a preference. A <br /> <br /> <br />detailed explanation of the lottery process is included in the enrollment policy, Exhibit A. <br /> <br />11. As of February 8, 2008, 156 students, including the son of plaintiff Matthew J. Look, <br /> <br /> <br />were on the waiting list for PACT's 2008-2009 kindergarten class, which has 36 available <br /> <br /> <br />positions (18 morning kindergarten and 18 afternoon kindergarten). Of the 156 students on the <br /> <br />waiting list, 26 are siblings of current students and thus qualify for the Sibling Preference. None <br /> <br /> <br />of the 26 siblings are residents ofthe City of Ramsey. 500fthe 156 kindergarten applicants are <br /> <br /> <br />Ramsey residents (approximately 32%). None of the 156 waiting list students qualify for the <br /> <br />Proximity Preference. <br /> <br /> <br />12. According to the current application count, if PACT proceeds pursuant to its <br /> <br /> <br />current policy, 26 of the available seats woUld be given to the 26 applicants who have siblings <br /> <br /> <br />already attending PACT. The remaining ten seats would be randomly distributed through a <br /> <br /> <br />lottery to the 130 other applicants. Each applicant qualifying for the sibling preference would <br /> <br /> <br />have a 100% admissions guarantee (since the number of siblings does not exceed available <br /> <br /> <br />openings). Each non-sibling applicant, such as plaintiffs son, would have approximately 7.6% <br /> <br />chance (10/130) to enroll in PACT's kindergarten class. <br /> <br /> <br />13. If the Town Preference was interpreted to apply to cities as well as towns and <br /> <br /> <br />preference was given to the 50 Ramsey resident applicants along with the 26 Sibling Preference <br /> <br /> <br />applicants, the admissions chances of a particular sibling of a PACT student would lower from <br /> <br /> <br />100% to approximately 47% (the 26 siblings would be added to the 50 Ramsey residents and the <br /> <br /> <br />36 seats would be distributed by a lottery to those 76 preferred applicants). Students who do not <br /> <br />2153181v5 <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />-159- <br />