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[quote=Anonymous]The problem is that there is no plan in place to work with families to improve lower performing neighborhood schools.

Several families at the Anacostia meeting were willing and wanted to have their children attend neighborhood schools with a clear plan for how to improve them in the medium term. The proposal lacks clarity for how to improve these lower performing schools, that is why parents are concerned about quality. Further, many of these families are being asked to go to even lower performing schools than the ones they are currently zoned to in the current DCPS boundaries.

The OOB has been a way for parents in completely unacceptable schools to gain options. However with the new proposal unless you are very at-risk, you will have no chance of going anywhere but a poorly performing school. Families in all income levels have expressed that they will leave the system for charters, parochial schools, private schools, or the suburbs if they can. That is why some have said this proposal is forcing families into charter schools who would prefer to have a strong DCPS with good neighborhood schools.[/quote]

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