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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+1.  Also an SWS parent who thinks proximity preference is a good idea for the health of the school---but not boundaries since it is a specialized school.  This is basically how it ran as part of the cluster: families could opt in or take their default neighborhood school ( Peabody ).

I say this not caring one iota what race the households around the school are. And those of you who think my opinion hinges on some kind of race hang up can go take a flying leap and drop your own hang ups as you go. What a crock.[/quote]

Pp, can you clarify why you think it's healthier again?  I personally have gone back-and-forth on the matte, I see benefits AND detractors to proximity preference.  I also think it's an important question to ask where the lottery winners this year came from.  I've heard that most of the lotteryn" winners" this year were from the immediate neighborhood anyway, because people in the area ranked it high on their lottery applications.  Can anyone from the school confirm that?  If the school remains a "city-wide" school and we find that through the common lottery it mostly remains a neighborhood school anyway is it fair to argue against the minimal number of families who gain access to it,fromoutside of the neighborhood?  If those families are particularly invested and interested in the model, shouldn't they be welcome?[/quote]

Anything which further disadvantages [b]our already most vulnerable students [/b]can't be a good thing.

If the school had a history as a neighborhood school, that would be one thing.  However, the Hill is riddled with schools that it can't fill IB.  Until it can, there's just no justification for another one.  Sorry.

JKLM are bursting at the seams with IB students, and are still being told they need OOB set-asides.  There's no justification for a few blocks in the LT boundary to gobble up a city-wide alternative.  Use your neighborhood preference at Watkins and help shore it up.  SWS doesn't belong to an angry selfish few.  Sorry, but seriously - no way in hell.  It isn't going to happen.[/quote]

But, these kids can get the seats at LT opened up by the kids who leave for SWS.  Since LT is, according to people on this forum, a great school that anyone should be happy to send their kids to, it doesn't really take anything away from anyone.  There are still the same number of seats citywide available for students to fill.  [/quote]

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