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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is it that they don't understand that the horse will be out of the barn when the new lottery opens in December?[/quote]

what has actually changed though? I thought the DME proposals were basically gutted.[/quote]

In order to go back to the old boundaries, wouldn't DC have to notify families one year in advance of the boundaries changing (so at this point, no earlier than the 2016-17 school year, unless they're going to reassign kids mid-year)?  Otherwise, council would have to repeal that law, AND interpret it in some way that allows them to retroactively eliminate the notice requirement.  Seems highly unlikely.  There are families that would fight it (folks newly assigned to Cleveland, people shifted from Amidon to Van Ness, to name a few) and I think the courts would agree with them.

Plus, if there's any hint of this I bet a ton of charters will drop out of the common lottery, and possibly start their own common lottery.  Why should they deal with DCPS uncertainty if they don't have to?  If there's a separate charter lottery look forward to a much bigger September shuffle in future years, and a continued rise in the % of kids attending charters compared to DCPS.[/quote]

Boundary changes need to be announced in advance and changes were announced at the end of August. However, those changes have not occurred. If the brakes are put on now (or anytime before the year of notification expires), no changes will take place. Hence, no notification requirement. If the same changes or different changes were then proposed, it would require notification a year in advance.

Halting the implementation after the lottery starts would be a PR and logistics nightmare. I have personally talked to both Bowser and Catania about the need to stop things before the lottery opens. We'll see what happens.
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