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[quote=Anonymous]Under DC law, the Chancellor has the authority to bypass student assignment procedures and place individual students, if such a placement "would promote the overall interests of the school system. Here is a the relevant section of the DC Code (from http://www.dcregs.dc.gov/Notice/DownLoad.aspx?NoticeID=1868916)
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2106.6	The Chancellor, and only the Chancellor, is authorized to grant a discretionary transfer and set the duration of the approval of the transfer when the Chancellor determines that the transfer would be in the best interests of the student, and that the transfer would promote the overall interests of the school system.
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While this gets mentioned from time to time here, it doesn't seem to get the scrutiny it deserves. Anecdotally, it seems that politically-connected families get into desirable schools OOB more often than chance would predict. If one were cynical, one might say that the "overall interests of the school system" include cozying up to those in a position to influence its outcomes.

I've been thinking about this for a while, but what got me posting was today's Post article by Jay Matthews that accuses charters, in a back-handed way, of manipulating lottery results. What I've heard from charter school administrators -- who had no reason to lie to me -- is that they are under intense scrutiny to take the lottery results and waitlist in exactly the order they receive it. So it seems strange that Matthews is focusing on charters and giving DCPS a pass.

Anyway, I'm interested in hearing what others have to say.
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