Damn this is some serious hefty diversity analytical shit on the DCPS planning site

[Anonymous]

There is like 76 pages of slides on diversity in schools, integration, policy approaches, and all that from the Strategic School Planning Advisory Board last week. It is a shitload of stuff to get through and it looks really, really interesting. (Just if that's your thing, rather than coming here to complain about why Upper NW doesn't have everything all the time.)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E29tovOkKM5u9z7kH3Oyf4lvKivPiPKL/view

[Anonymous]

I would be all for the described lottery changes, making an at-risk preference the "heaviest-weight" preference, even above siblings.

I do not think it will happen because it clearly takes something away from non-at risk students, whose parents would make a lot of noise. There are only so many seats after all and this would be a zero-sum game.

It will also affect charters as well as the city-wide and DCPS application schools the most.

[Anonymous]

What is the purpose of the data collection? Do they plan on announcing any new initiatives?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would be all for the described lottery changes, making an at-risk preference the "heaviest-weight" preference, even above siblings.

I do not think it will happen because it clearly takes something away from non-at risk students, whose parents would make a lot of noise. There are only so many seats after all and this would be a zero-sum game.

It will also affect charters as well as the city-wide and DCPS application schools the most.

+1000. It is the right thing to do, it will balance school demographics and remedy a world of problems. My precious little sibling will be just fine waiting it out for preschool. As long as siblings get in for K, preschool elsewhere is normal and not a problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is like 76 pages of slides on diversity in schools, integration, policy approaches, and all that from the Strategic School Planning Advisory Board last week. It is a shitload of stuff to get through and it looks really, really interesting. (Just if that's your thing, rather than coming here to complain about why Upper NW doesn't have everything all the time.)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E29tovOkKM5u9z7kH3Oyf4lvKivPiPKL/view

Really interesting, thanks for sharing.

This is a shocking stat: "Since 2008, DCPS has yearly enrolled 500 to 1,000 additional Hispanic/Latino and White students, while enrolling 600 fewer Black or African American students on average."

Also, it's bizarre that nearly 5% of DCPS students come from "unknown Ward." Even with divorced homes, the kids would be assigned to a Ward of a parent or relative.

It looks like DCPS is seriously considering adding At-Risk preference to the lottery. That said, with OOB seats basically disappearing at all desirable schools within the next 2-4 years, I'm not sure the preference will help all that much.

[Anonymous]

Page 73 confirms that a goal in the next 2-5 years is "local boundary and feeder adjustments"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is like 76 pages of slides on diversity in schools, integration, policy approaches, and all that from the Strategic School Planning Advisory Board last week. It is a shitload of stuff to get through and it looks really, really interesting. (Just if that's your thing, rather than coming here to complain about why Upper NW doesn't have everything all the time.)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E29tovOkKM5u9z7kH3Oyf4lvKivPiPKL/view

Really interesting, thanks for sharing.

This is a shocking stat: "Since 2008, DCPS has yearly enrolled 500 to 1,000 additional Hispanic/Latino and White students, while enrolling 600 fewer Black or African American students on average."

Also, it's bizarre that nearly 5% of DCPS students come from "unknown Ward." Even with divorced homes, the kids would be assigned to a Ward of a parent or relative.

It looks like DCPS is seriously considering adding At-Risk preference to the lottery. That said, with OOB seats basically disappearing at all desirable schools within the next 2-4 years, I'm not sure the preference will help all that much.

Still worth it. If it helps a family get into a school that THEY prefer (like for location or sibling togetherness) that can be a real benefit to them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Page 73 confirms that a goal in the next 2-5 years is "local boundary and feeder adjustments"

I wonder what is in store here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Really interesting, thanks for sharing.

This is a shocking stat: "Since 2008, DCPS has yearly enrolled 500 to 1,000 additional Hispanic/Latino and White students, while enrolling 600 fewer Black or African American students on average."

Also, it's bizarre that nearly 5% of DCPS students come from "unknown Ward." Even with divorced homes, the kids would be assigned to a Ward of a parent or relative.

It looks like DCPS is seriously considering adding At-Risk preference to the lottery. That said, with OOB seats basically disappearing at all desirable schools within the next 2-4 years, I'm not sure the preference will help all that much.

The stat makes perfect sense - 2008 recession.
Law firms imploded.
People who thought they could afford private decided to "try out DCPS" to see if _[insert school name] ____ works for their kid.

[Anonymous]

I love that on DCUM "the economy went south" translates as "law firms imploded."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would be all for the described lottery changes, making an at-risk preference the "heaviest-weight" preference, even above siblings.

I do not think it will happen because it clearly takes something away from non-at risk students, whose parents would make a lot of noise. There are only so many seats after all and this would be a zero-sum game.

It will also affect charters as well as the city-wide and DCPS application schools the most.

+1000. It is the right thing to do, it will balance school demographics and remedy a world of problems. My precious little sibling will be just fine waiting it out for preschool. As long as siblings get in for K, preschool elsewhere is normal and not a problem.

“As long as siblings get in for K.” LMAO

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is like 76 pages of slides on diversity in schools, integration, policy approaches, and all that from the Strategic School Planning Advisory Board last week. It is a shitload of stuff to get through and it looks really, really interesting. (Just if that's your thing, rather than coming here to complain about why Upper NW doesn't have everything all the time.)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E29tovOkKM5u9z7kH3Oyf4lvKivPiPKL/view

Really interesting, thanks for sharing.

This is a shocking stat: "Since 2008, DCPS has yearly enrolled 500 to 1,000 additional Hispanic/Latino and White students, while enrolling 600 fewer Black or African American students on average."

Also, it's bizarre that nearly 5% of DCPS students come from "unknown Ward." Even with divorced homes, the kids would be assigned to a Ward of a parent or relative.

It looks like DCPS is seriously considering adding At-Risk preference to the lottery. That said, with OOB seats basically disappearing at all desirable schools within the next 2-4 years, I'm not sure the preference will help all that much.

Still worth it. If it helps a family get into a school that THEY prefer (like for location or sibling togetherness) that can be a real benefit to them.

Look at slide 66:
If you make At-Risk the first priority in the lottery, it would have only added 17 kids to NW DCPS in grades K-5 in the 2018 lottery. That's not much of an impact and will continue to dwindle as new housing is added in NW DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is like 76 pages of slides on diversity in schools, integration, policy approaches, and all that from the Strategic School Planning Advisory Board last week. It is a shitload of stuff to get through and it looks really, really interesting. (Just if that's your thing, rather than coming here to complain about why Upper NW doesn't have everything all the time.)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E29tovOkKM5u9z7kH3Oyf4lvKivPiPKL/view

Really interesting, thanks for sharing.

This is a shocking stat: "Since 2008, DCPS has yearly enrolled 500 to 1,000 additional Hispanic/Latino and White students, while enrolling 600 fewer Black or African American students on average."

Also, it's bizarre that nearly 5% of DCPS students come from "unknown Ward." Even with divorced homes, the kids would be assigned to a Ward of a parent or relative.

It looks like DCPS is seriously considering adding At-Risk preference to the lottery. That said, with OOB seats basically disappearing at all desirable schools within the next 2-4 years, I'm not sure the preference will help all that much.

Still worth it. If it helps a family get into a school that THEY prefer (like for location or sibling togetherness) that can be a real benefit to them.

Look at slide 66:
If you make At-Risk the first priority in the lottery, it would have only added 17 kids to NW DCPS in grades K-5 in the 2018 lottery. That's not much of an impact and will continue to dwindle as new housing is added in NW DC.

So? It might help kids get into better schools EOTP than they otherwise would.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is like 76 pages of slides on diversity in schools, integration, policy approaches, and all that from the Strategic School Planning Advisory Board last week. It is a shitload of stuff to get through and it looks really, really interesting. (Just if that's your thing, rather than coming here to complain about why Upper NW doesn't have everything all the time.)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E29tovOkKM5u9z7kH3Oyf4lvKivPiPKL/view

Really interesting, thanks for sharing.

This is a shocking stat: "Since 2008, DCPS has yearly enrolled 500 to 1,000 additional Hispanic/Latino and White students, while enrolling 600 fewer Black or African American students on average."

Also, it's bizarre that nearly 5% of DCPS students come from "unknown Ward." Even with divorced homes, the kids would be assigned to a Ward of a parent or relative.

It looks like DCPS is seriously considering adding At-Risk preference to the lottery. That said, with OOB seats basically disappearing at all desirable schools within the next 2-4 years, I'm not sure the preference will help all that much.

Still worth it. If it helps a family get into a school that THEY prefer (like for location or sibling togetherness) that can be a real benefit to them.

Look at slide 66:
If you make At-Risk the first priority in the lottery, it would have only added 17 kids to NW DCPS in grades K-5 in the 2018 lottery. That's not much of an impact and will continue to dwindle as new housing is added in NW DC.

So? It might help kids get into better schools EOTP than they otherwise would.

My point is that an At-Risk preference doesn't move the needle.

My guess is that DCPS is going to take more drastic action (see the Louisville system case study in the slide deck).

[Anonymous]

The problem in a lot of cases I think is still mobility. Kids can't all just decide to get to Key or Lafayette even if they lottery for it.