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Therefore, we as a city are about to embark on some tortuous, contrived way to shave down the number of bodies in Deal (Wilson) while skipping right past the common sense and simple answer of drawing a perfect circle around Deal and saying students within the circle may attend.

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Well put.  But any whiff of common sense?  Bite your tongue.   You get the sense the DC pols may be the only people in the world who look to the gerrymandering process common in state government as a wise solution.  Only the DC pols would only support absurd school district lines to provide a veneer of inclusiveness.

the real solution is to eliminate feeders altogether.  You OOB lottery into a good school?  Good for you!  Lottery again for MS, and again for HS.  You could even provide priority enrollment for some feeders but behind IB and OOB sibs in an appropriately sized neighborhood boundary.  Make the specialized K-8 programs more attractive to those seeking stability rather than taking neighborhood seats via feeders.

If DCPS is concerned about lottery fatigue, just ask the charter community how they've managed to thrive despite dealing with an equally burdensome process.[/quote]

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