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[quote=Anonymous]DME should have been better at sticking to existing terms and policies.  A system of preferences that simply expanded the proximity preference further would do quite a lot.  Everyone already submits rank ordered lists. What they could do is automatically put you on the waitlists for your inbound school and the two nearest other schools (but not match you/cut you off waitlists) beyond your list even if you do not select them in the lottery.  That means geniuses who selected only Mundo Verde, Two Rivers, and Brent and JKLM schools OOB and mourn being "shut out" will have a chance to consider their inbounds school and others very close and know others are.  People are often surprised by differences between expectations and reality at DCPS schools.

Then you do cohort outreach, try to get people to join together, i.e., every school has a meeting to which all people reasonably likely to be admitted so people can take the plunge together.  DCPS is trying to do by policy some things people should do by direct prosocial agreement.[/quote]

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