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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am curious how many students were accepted that live in ward 7 or 8 but didn't go to middle school there.  Maybe part of the issue is that students from wards 7 or 8 who are academically inclined are looking for middle schools elsewhere.  Is that really Walls' fault?[/quote]

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“ Preliminary data shows the new freshman class includes four students from Wards 7 and 8, though the city says it does not have the ward of residence for 39 students. None of these students were enrolled in the traditional public school system.”

So it might be more than four, but based on demographics of the class as a whole, it’s unlikely to be much more. And yes, none from the public MSs in wards 7 and 8.

I think part of the problem is that if you live in a part of the city with mostly underperforming schools, being “academically inclined” is largely a function of whether your family is academically inclined, and thus works hard to get you into a better performing school via the lottery PLUS invests (or even has) the time and energy to get you to school at non-neighborhood schools. Kids in wealthier parts of the city who are naturally academically inclined can just go to their IB schools and take advantage of the opportunities presented. That’s much harder to do in Wards 7 and 8.[/quote]

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