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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of GGW's stated goals is to get people out of single-occupancy vehicles in DC. Someone tell me how a citywide lottery could possibly advance that goal? DC isn't about to purchase the fleet of school buses that would be needed, leaving parents in such a scenario to rely upon WMATA -- have fun with that -- or (more likely) their own cars.

It's one of a billion reasons a citywide lottery is a non-starter. Wish GGW would admit that.[/quote]

Nick here.

The article is my words and doesn't reflect any "official" GGW position. Please read what I wrote. I'm not advocating for an all-lottery system. Far from it. My intent in writing the article was to ring the alarm that if the city doesn't start going in a different direction from where it is currently headed, a neighborhood-based school system may not be sustainable. [/quote]

Um, but [b]DC already doesn't have a neighborhood-based system[/b].  It seems like the quasi-free market we have here with charter schools will solve the issue.  Also, you may be underestimating the degree to which parents are willing to pack into schools they consider "good" (eg Lafayette and Deal).  It's pretty clear what parents' revealed preferences are: they value whiter, higher SES schools more than they value class size.

If parents *truly* prioritized class size/overcrowding, then they'd be jumping up to fight for re-districting.  But we all know why they aren't, and we all know why they aren't.  [/quote]

It isn't sustainable. Parents are voting with their feet leaving their neighborhood schools (exceptions being Anacostia, Ballou, Woodson, all with less than 30% OOB). The city is opening and expanding city-wide HS options quickly (Ron Brown, Bard, Coolidge Early College and, perhaps, expansion of Banneker).

DCPS neighborhood HS (2017-18) and percent OOB at each.

Anacostia - 25% OOB
Ballou - 28% OOB
Cardozo ~61% OOB (may be skewed because there is no public data for IB/OOB at high school level only)
Coolidge 55% OOB (will no longer be a comprehensive school in 2019-20)
Dunbar 53% OOB
Eastern 62% OOB
Woodson 27% OOB
Roosevelt 38% OOB
Wilson 41% OOB

City-wide/lottery and/or application options as of SY 2019-20 (including alternative schools for purpose of inclusive and overall heacount)

Banneker
Bard
CHEC
Coolidge Early College
Ellington
Moore
Phelps
Ron Brown
SWW
Washington Met

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Again for the last time

Stop any OOB/sibling preference WOTP sorry to get the best school pyramid you have to pay for the real estate
Have tracking/honors EOTP to keep more folks in the middle school years ala Stuart Hobson/Jefferson
Close 1/3 of the HS in the top list and focus on the remaining[/quote]

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