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[quote=Anonymous]The problem is the residential segregation is so strong. The housing has sorted such that neighborhood schools in very few parts of the city would be segregated. The schools get full because they are neighborhood schools and attract out of boundary students. Without those students only some are full or close. But the pull factor of those schools is likely to continue. The issue in my opinion is that people in those wards get the advantage of neighborhood schools full of children of educated parents with money AND they can get resources for the same schools based on other students’ from the rest of DC’s demand for the advantages those schools can provide. They’ll never suffer underenrollment hurting staffing or class offerings or enrichment. Whereas the schools across the rest of DC often fight for numbers in a vicious cycle. And have to spend more to get kids ready. And can’t attract middle class kids if they have relatively limited class offerings. [/quote]
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