Would you drive your kid miles from home to a school that is significantly lower performing...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or think, it may happen for many. Why is your could more reasonable? No one is creating a strawman or hysteria. At this point there is a 1 in 3 chance this will happen.

Reasoning, logic, that is why it is more reasonable. Remember, your argument is that many students will be forced to travel miles to HS.

What would it take for that to happen? First, you would need many students who would otherwise go to Wilson to lose the lottery. Second, you would need a sufficient number of winners to come from far away. In other words, you would need lots of kids from Eastern/Anacostia to win the lottery. Third, you would need the displaced Wilson students to also get shut out of all schools that were not miles from their homes. Then, and only then, would you get the result you are predicting.

Your theory is what?

But what kind of leader would propose a system that would have this effect on any students?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OK, maybe not many. Imagine if you are the only family on your street shut out of your neighborhood hs.

But that is a completely different point. Yes, it would be terrible. But there is no such thing as a free lunch. There will be winners and losers under any scenario. Having a 65 mph speed limit instead of a 45 mph speed limit kills people. Indisputable. But we accept that cost because those people dying helps get where we are going faster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or think, it may happen for many. Why is your could more reasonable? No one is creating a strawman or hysteria. At this point there is a 1 in 3 chance this will happen.

Reasoning, logic, that is why it is more reasonable. Remember, your argument is that many students will be forced to travel miles to HS.

What would it take for that to happen? First, you would need many students who would otherwise go to Wilson to lose the lottery. Second, you would need a sufficient number of winners to come from far away. In other words, you would need lots of kids from Eastern/Anacostia to win the lottery. Third, you would need the displaced Wilson students to also get shut out of all schools that were not miles from their homes. Then, and only then, would you get the result you are predicting.

Your theory is what?

But what kind of leader would propose a system that would have this effect on any students?

One who believes that giving students in Wards 7 and 8 some chance to attend a good HS is worth the cost of taking that option away from students in Ward 3, who will likely land on their feet in any event.

In no way am I saying that I agree, but for those for fancy themselves progressive, liberal Democrats it's hard to argue against the approach. In many ways, it is just affirmative action.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or think, it may happen for many. Why is your could more reasonable? No one is creating a strawman or hysteria. At this point there is a 1 in 3 chance this will happen.

Reasoning, logic, that is why it is more reasonable. Remember, your argument is that many students will be forced to travel miles to HS.

What would it take for that to happen? First, you would need many students who would otherwise go to Wilson to lose the lottery. Second, you would need a sufficient number of winners to come from far away. In other words, you would need lots of kids from Eastern/Anacostia to win the lottery. Third, you would need the displaced Wilson students to also get shut out of all schools that were not miles from their homes. Then, and only then, would you get the result you are predicting.

Your theory is what?

NP ...if you live in upper NW, all HS other than Wilson are miles away from your home. Wilson is the only HS in that corner of the city. So your third point is a given. And as for 1 and 2, both are plausible results -- its a lottery -- totally random.

[Anonymous]

Its a proposal!!!! That's it! Put forth by a soon-to-be-gone-Mayor. Breathe deeply into your belly, relax...

[Anonymous]

In no way am I saying that I agree, but for those for fancy themselves progressive, liberal Democrats it's hard to argue against the approach. In many ways, it is just affirmative action.

Such a redistributionist approach is why, despite stronger voter identification than the GOP has, Democrats still lose more elections than they should.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or think, it may happen for many. Why is your could more reasonable? No one is creating a strawman or hysteria. At this point there is a 1 in 3 chance this will happen.

Reasoning, logic, that is why it is more reasonable. Remember, your argument is that many students will be forced to travel miles to HS.

What would it take for that to happen? First, you would need many students who would otherwise go to Wilson to lose the lottery. Second, you would need a sufficient number of winners to come from far away. In other words, you would need lots of kids from Eastern/Anacostia to win the lottery. Third, you would need the displaced Wilson students to also get shut out of all schools that were not miles from their homes. Then, and only then, would you get the result you are predicting.

Your theory is what?

But what kind of leader would propose a system that would have this effect on any students?

One who believes that giving students in Wards 7 and 8 some chance to attend a good HS is worth the cost of taking that option away from students in Ward 3, who will likely land on their feet in any event.

In no way am I saying that I agree, but for those for fancy themselves progressive, liberal Democrats it's hard to argue against the approach. In many ways, it is just affirmative action.

Sounds good on paper, but could you explain me then, why as of now, Wilson is a good high school and why in ward 7 or 8 there are no good high school ?
Apparently it is not the actual students or their parents since as per what you just wrote, removing the inbound students will not affect the quality of the school.
What is it then, and why can't we applied it to the existing other high schools ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:than your neighborhood school?

This is what the school wide lottery will mean for many families. I don't think it is a realistic expectation but I could be wrong. I assume the DME realizes this and is OK with those families leaving DCPS. Lower performing schools will not get an influx of good students.

We wouldn't do that drive every day. Would anyone?

Ummm...no? Is this a trick question?