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No one is going to be shipping poor black kids over to your schools. The more likely scenario is a lottery with preferences that will crowd out most OOB students.

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You maybe did not get what he/she meant: we want school choices, not school chances. High chances to go to Wilson are not enough. If school choice will be removed, I also will do what my parents would have done for me: move 4 miles north, to Montgomery County.

Integration, social justice are all fundamental values for me, and I have devoted my professional career to helping the poorest from the SE of the world, while with my qualifications (PhD economics, fully achieved in the public school/college system of my European home country) I could have landed into much higher paying jobs. I do believe in public schools, and I am renting a tiny apartment in a building in Wesley Heights to have my kids attending what I think is the best public ES for them (Mann). I volunteer and donate a lot of $$ to the causes/charities I believe into.   However when it comes to my kids, I need to put what I think is best for them if front of everything. Especially in front of nonsense proposals such as the social experiments we are reading about on these days (controlled-choice city-lottery types).

You might not agree with what I am about to say, but we will be greatly missed by DCPS. I volunteer to school several hrs a month, and pay about $2,500 in voluntary contributions to the PTA each year. My kids (I know this is not granted in the future) are extremely smart, top scores, generous and helpful to the others (teachers say this, not me). We bring diversity to the school as Europeans (language, culture, history, perspectives).

In 2 years I would definetly send my kids to Hardy MS if MS school choice will still be in place (as long as Pride - who came to visit our school will stay).

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Thank you for writing this. This sums it up, and eloquently. I believe the vast majority of high-SES people in DC are well-educated liberal-leaning people who believe in public schools. But having a guaranteed neighborhood school, knowing that once you buy or rent your house there, it is a sure thing, is what allows committed parents to invest enormous amounts of time and money in both schools and real estate. Take this certainty away and people will seek certainty elsewhere, which is difficult in some cities but in DC is as easy as moving a few miles away.

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