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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't get how this is even an argument.  Good public schools, schools with high test scores, high SAT scores, low to non-existent crime and low truancy rates are highly, HIGHLY correlated with students from higher SES families and highly educated parents.  There is no myth here.  It is not[/quote]

+1000. The reality is that if Wilson's served all low income students, it would not be desirable. Income directly correlates to school performance. Making the city's schools all lottery and offering equitable access for all does not eliminate poverty and the problems students face when coming from a poor background. That's the real problem and it starts way before HS. [/quote]

if Deal and/or Wilson become all lottery admission, I believe that preference levels would still come into play, just like for PK. I bet there would be preference for proximity or those living in the historic Wilson boundaries...at least for several years, while other middle and high schools across the district are made more desirable. It won't be a free for all. Plus DCPS has said several times that there would be "significant grandfathering" and parents will have to hold the Chancellor to that. I think commenters like those above, while making what I think are reasonable points, are going to lose if they keep articulating arguments that feel like they're waging war on the poor. I feel as if I can almost see the spittle forming from the corners of your mouth.  It's all in the messaging, folks. [/quote]

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