Basic urban planning, child development and evidence-based practice ignored in "policy options"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Something like only 25% of kids attend their in-boundary school. Many parents send their 11 year olds across town on public transportation to attend school. I'm not a fan of the controlled choice scenarios, but arguments against it need to be based in the realities of all families in DC, not just the Ward 3 bubble.

something to consider -- currently, families who send their 11 year olds across town for school do it out of choice and/or the luck of the lottery draw. Schools haven't been imposed on them except to the extent they were unlucky in the lottery. Ward 3 and certain parts of Capitol hill are exceptions to this, and as parents from those areas will tell you, they worked hard to make their neighborhood schools desirable for their families.

Ah, no. My in-bounds school was imposed on me. I worked hard to improve my IB school, but it was destroyed by a series of knuckleheaded moves by DCPS administrators. Don't go blaming me for my lack of choices.

You can move!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The point is that DCPS seems to be going in the completely opposite direction of the Office of Planning and DDOT. The latter agencies for several years have been trying to discourage car use, limit parking and generally encourage walkability. The DCPS scheme completely flies in the face of that.

Great point! Some links to recent reports/presentations would be helpful too!

Exactly, and just because many kids traverse the city now, is NOT a reason to worsen that. We should go back in the other direction.

Or are they going to provide by yellow buses?

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big yellow buses