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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To return to the entire point of the thread (neighborhood preference), I find it interesting that the idea is being promoted by "District officials" (whoever those are).  My reading of the article indicated that actual charter leaders weren't particularly interested.  I think this makes it a lot less likely than some folks would like to imagine.[/quote]
It's supported by some members of the Council, who have actual authority to make and change laws.  I think that charter leaders have less power than almost anyone over the actual content of the charter school law.  What the most powerful people (the Council? US Congress? business leaders?) want will be what happens.  [/quote]

Yes, but I believe the proposed law states that[b] Charters are permitted to give a neighborhood preference, not that they're required to[/b].  Big difference (although this could lead the way to extortionate neighborhood preference demands for newly formed charters, which is another reason it's a bad idea).  [/quote]

Exactly.  Even if it goes forward, the schools don't have to implement it, it's merely an option.  If it were adopted by any of the schools that get so much chatter on this board, it would make it even harder for poorer, lower-SES children east of the river to get in.  Nobody is going to support that outcome.  Proximity to a school like Latin, is not going to help you get in.[/quote]

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