Kids who are homeless, in foster care, or receiving certain government benefits will get a boost in the admissions lottery for the schools.

It paints a particularly galling picture of a school administrator who played favorites with friends and government officials, while ignoring pleas from seemingly deserving plebeians.

There’s a new hurdle for staffers who want to bypass the process.

This year, 21,208 students applied, and 70 percent of them were matched.