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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is inevitable that DC will have to adopt a random lottery placement system for public schools, like in San Francisco.  Neighborhood-based schools are inherently exclusionary.  Only  with a true DC-wide lottery (with diversity adjustments) will DC achieve equity.[/quote]
It is not inevitable. You may not have been here in 2014 when this was suggested and people from every neighborhood rejected the idea. People prefer having a neighborhood school that is easy to get to than achieving racial equity.[/quote]

Let's see what Ferebee does. I doubt neighborhood schools will go away for elementary and perhaps middle. But in Indianapolis he eliminated the neighborhood school system for high schools and students apply to the one that matches their interest (technical / vocational, college bound, etc).

The vast majority of DCPS high school students don't' attend their IB school -- and DCPS is already moving this way with the application high schools, the new Bard College high school, and not even bothering with a general program for a redesigned Coolidge. [/quote]

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