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NP here. I don't understand this. If OOB spots are dependent upon space available after IB kids enroll, how can there be political pushback? What can politicians do if an entire entering class is filled with IB kids?[/quote]

When upper NW schools like Hearst or Eaton take a lot of OOB students, over time there develop expectations that some substantial number of slots in such schools will be available to students in areas where their elem school options are perceived as lacking.  In fact, this has been part of DCPS 'safety valve' strategy.  Take a lot of that away, and there will be some very unhappy voters in wards that tend to decide elections for mayor.[/quote]

Except that as already pointed out, this has been happening for years at the elementary level.  In fact the door is almost completely closed at PK4.  Hearst, Shepherd, and maybe Eaton were the only Wilson feeder schools with any OOB intake in PK and even these numbers were small.  Hearst was about 75% IB and many of the rest were sibs and proximity. [/quote]

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