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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. My point is, before they go implementing these "policies", will there be any kind of environmental impact study? Any kind of economic impact assessment? The scope of what is being proposed is well beyond an education think tank and Deputy Mayor for Education, and I say that as someone who has spent the majority of my professional life in and adjacent to education policy.

The basic fact is that these proposals have far reaching effects for EVERYONE in this city, whether or not they have children, and to imagine otherwise is woefully naive. For the senior in Chevy Chase who is counting on the next egg she's built in her home equity to get her through retirement, a hit in property values is no small thing. For the employer who suddenly finds that his workers at running late every day because they're trying to get their kids to school through city traffic, this is a big deal. For the single mom whose kid loses the lottery and ends up getting into a high school on the other end of town, this is not about not liking her options, it's about the genuine hardship that "choice" that's been imposed on her now means. The basic fact is that people in this city want good schools NEAR THEIR HOMES.  They want the leaders of our school to help figure out how to make that happen.  Not to ship various kids around to various places to try to force improvement to happen with an unproven prospect of success.  To say nothing of significant collateral effects for a lot of folks who could not care less about the school system and have no kids in it at all.[/quote]

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