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Mike Picciuto didn’t intend on being the first person in line to get his son into Edinburgh School — it just worked out that way.

“I did this involuntarily,” Picciuto said Saturday morning, after spending the night in his car, parked in front of the school. “I came to the school to find out how many spots were left after sibling registration and found out there were 17 spots. I came back out and phoned my wife, and someone pulled up beside me and said: ‘Are you waiting in line?’ I said: ‘I guess I am now.’ Within a half an hour, there were six of us.”

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Picciuto, who lives two blocks from the school, began standing in line Friday afternoon so his son Sal could get one of the limited spots available for new kindergarten students next September. He plans to be in front of the school until Monday morning when the school opens its doors for registration.

Picciuto wrote his name on a paper posted on the school’s front door, his waiting period starting around 5 p.m. Friday. By Saturday morning, 12 other parents were also in line, and by Sunday evening, two more had joined the lineup. This is the second year in a row parents have been lining up for a spot in Edinburgh, though last year, parents only started their campout on the day before school registration began.