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[quote=Anonymous]I don't think the author of this piece really thought this out. - Changing IB preference and boundaries, and restricting choices stands to seriously impact property values. - Changing IB preference and boundaries, and restricting choices could easily backfire and cause a backlash of "white flight" - "maximizing socioeconomic diversity" is pretty much the total opposite of having neighborhood schools - placing magnets in low-income neighborhoods will probably just mean it's the "neighborhood school" for the low-income neighborhood rather than being a magnet school, unless they are test-in. - also, there is a legal problem with commingling DCPS and charters where it comes to lotteries, boundaries and choices. Those have separate mandates under the law and I don't think there is any legal authority to make some of the changes that the article describes. - and ultimately, the idea that "diversity" will somehow magically the system's ills is mistaken. It's not the job of one kid to solve the problems of another kid. The idea that having a handful of kids who value education and good behavior for others to model after is seriously misguided - it will never happen until there is a sufficient critical mass and a majority of kids that already share those values.[/quote]
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