SEATTLE (UPI) -- A set of Seattle twins will be in separate schools when they start kindergarten this fall unless district officials change their assignments, their mother says.

Stephanie Jewett says Annika is assigned to Bryant Elementary and her sister Nicole is to attend Wedgwood, The Seattle Times reported Tuesday. The twins were placed in separate schools even though she listed the same three preferred schools in the same order on each girl's application and noted they are twins, the newspaper said.

But the school district's placement policy overrode the family's choices.

"It looks like there's a glitch in the program," parent activist Lisa Bond said.

School Board member Harium Martin-Morris, telling the Times "When you think about it, it's not right."

A school district spokeswoman conceded "we need a new assignment plan."

But at this point, the Jewett sisters will be heading off to different schools this fall.

Why?