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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the 2010 democratic primary, 80% of Ward 3 Ds voted for Adrian Fenty.  You think a lot of these folks would tolerate any attempt to water down their rights to Deal/Wilson with some sort of open boundary scheme?[/quote]

I don't see how Ward 3 could ever really lose out on access to Deal and Wilson because of proximity.  The people I want at center city schools are center city people, who live in mixed income and diverse neighborhoods but for some reason have not considered mixed income schools.

Further, we all know Spring Valley kids won't go east of the Park; there are reasons their parents moved there, and it wasn't the mustard gas.  Heck, those parents won't send their kids to Hardy.

Let me be real honest.  I want every family of every background with two parents, two college degrees and a family income over $100,000 from Ward 1, 4 and 5 to have every reason, both incentive and restrictive, to place their kids in schools in that part of the city and not send them into "Deal-Wilson."  They and their demands and effort will be what would transform those schools.

You can say it won't happen, but I think it should and can.  I will support those whose actions have the effect of encouraging those parents to stay in the center of the city as well as those whose actions restrict those who would like to solve the problem by opting out or lotterying westward.

If the City no longer had increasing numbers of children or a slack home market, I might be more cautious.  But people want in, and we can build a system that shapes our city for the better.
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