magdelina doris joins us. >>reporter: i can tell you there line. there are only 82 spots for the concordia pre-k three program here. it is a program that is very prestigious. the people on the back of the line are just hoping to get on the waiting list. this is known for getting kids a head start on their education and that is why parents are out here, some for over 48 hours bundled, hidden under tents or sleeping bags, trying to stay the first person in line was actually a paid professional line sitter. that is how extreme these parents are going here. they say the worst itself was thursday into friday when the rain started to fall. some of them ducking into cars to stay dry. others staying bundled up. parents tell me this is a tradition for jersey city parents who have tod. >> i have a son there now and i loved it. we're going to bring our daughter in. i'm sitting next to people who have kids that have gone and more kids that they're going to do this. >> some people would think this is strange. >> this is strange, but it all depends on other scho