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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Council is currently debating the Walls admissions process, including the draft 15% proposal.

source - Perry Stein (Wash Post) on twitter says Councilmembers seem to want to ensure there's a 2ay in the future to ensure students across all income levels have access to selective high schools.

https://twitter.com/PerryStein/status/1097904134873849858[/quote]

They are following what NYC is doing it's the latest progressive thing to do[/quote]

I actually think it is the way SWW has operated for years -- having flexibility to allow students with GPA but lower entrance exam scores in based on their interview results (can't confirm it, but suspect).

Adding a 4 or 5 PARCC score as a requirement makes that practice impossible.

I would imagine the Council isn't just reacting to the situation at SWW. Banneker, McKinley, SWW all now require a 7th-grade PARCC score of 4 or 5 for admission. That eliminates a lot of DC students from consideration.[/quote]

Yup

For Black Males its just

20.7% with a 4+ ELA  17.7% Math

For At-Risk its just

21.1% and 15%[/quote]

So unfair. I think SWW should do a lottery. Wilson's honors classes also should use a lottery system. And Havard, of course. I think Harvard should just put all our children's names in a big bag and invite a celebrity to do the draw. It should be on YouTube so we would know for sure it was fair. I would pray a lot and then my DC would finally be a [b]WINNER[/b]! [/quote]

Kids don't control where they are born and what school system they are zoned for.  By taking from each area you might incentive more folks "of means" to move to  "less desirable" areas in order to game the system.  This would actually improve inequality which should be the end goal for society.  Having an entire underclass helps no one and actually costs more money as people become adults.[/quote]

Did you at least visited SWW? I don’t think you did. A kid who doesn’t score at least 4 will not be able to succeed there. All classes are AP, workload is heavy. Any unqualified student will fail. And then you will blame the teachers.[/quote]

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