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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tommy Wells brought up a good point in today's hearing about should there be a preference for students who live near, down the street from a Charter school. Although charters are open to all residents, I see it both ways. In my situation being a Ward 4 resident with no bilingual school other than LAMB (which is charter) and being a bi-racial family hispanic/black, I would love for my child to attend the school and not have to go through a lottery etc. for LAMB or any other bilingual DCPS. Having my child exposed to both sides of her culture in school is great. Anyone feel that there can be a type of "preferenced based" policy that wound't get attacked? [/quote]

This is actually a lot harder than it sounds.  On the one hand, it's easy to be sympathetic to the families whose local DCPS have closed (due to low enrollment) and would like a higher quality, local option, and preference to with it.

On the other, consider the fact that many of the high-performing and desirable charters are actually located pretty centrally.  Plotting some of these schools on a map, there are many, many neighborhoods in Ward 3 which have greater proximity than those in Wards 7 & 8.  While it's great that certain charters appeal to families from all over the District, it's anathema to the concept of charters for wealthy families to have first dibs on the schools which are - at least theoretically - escape valves for families without great means.

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