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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]... The loss of Wilson going all IB would be in diversity so for that reason I hope it doesn't happen but there is a crush of in-boundary kids bound for Wilson over the next 4-5 years.[/quote]

Diversity is a nice bonus.  But not at the cost of overcrowding.  There are lots of other opportunities to surround your child with diversity: sports, clubs, church, etc.  Ward 3 parents who absolutely need diversity in schools should have no trouble lotterying into EOTP schools.  [/quote]

Different poster.  I don't think a drive for diversity is really what's motivating anyone here.  I do not think the DCPS planning teams sits around wringing their hands about how the Wilson IB students from W3 and W4 are going to get adequate exposure to diversity.  Indeed, Wilson and Deal are probably the [i]most[/i] racially diverse schools in the entire city.  And if hypothetically 100% of the OOB students were removed from Deal and Wilson for 2017-18, I'd bet they'd still be the most racially diverse schools in the entire city.  Let's be clear: This isn't really about promoting diversity at Deal/Wilson.  It's more about (1) DCPS's desire to promote "equity" by ensuring pathways for students outside of Wilson's feeder network to attend Wilson, on the theory that those kids deserve as well-functioning a school as any other kids in Wards 3 or 4, and (2) it's about satisfying a political base.  I'm not saying DCPS's goals aren't laudable - even if I think they're shortsighted and misguided - but we should all be clear about what those goals are.[/quote]

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