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[quote=Anonymous]It's a great idea if you live within view of a great charter like I do (yes, it feel frustrating to literally see the school from my porch and knwo that my child was 300+ on the waitlist). However, it's a terrible idea if you live in Ward 8 and are faced with losing access to all the decent charters and forced to the back of the line. I understand that it would be great for the city at large if we all weren't driving all over the city each morning to get our kids to school. Walking to school is great. However, I personally feel the need to keep the schools open to all DC children without providing special access (beyond sibling preference) is the right thing to do. Besides, charters continue to move quite a bit so the neighborhood preference idea doesn't seem ripe for implementing. Instead of limiting access, the lottery needs to be reformed to require families to rank their preferences so that families have a better shot at getting a spot at a charter they REALLY want (for for whatever reason--immersion, logistics, long-term solution--whatever are the priorities for that family). Please note that I am NOT saying we should limit the number of schools a family can apply to--just that there should be some ranking involved so that a family will get a little more weight for wanting one shrter the most and basically not extra widhgt for applying to a charter you don't care anything about and is 8 miles away. [/quote]

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