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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So would anyone be supportive of giving at-risk preference over IB students for Pk3 and Pk4 at DCPS, and at every grade for charters and city-wide schools?

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I would.  Any loss of opportunity to my kids would be small compared to the benefits to the at-risk kids and the system being more equitable overall.  Free preschool for the affluent should not be a thing we spend money on.[/quote]

I would too.[/quote]

I would too. Most of the spots at the preferred PK3 and PK4 programs go to IB siblings.  So currently those programs are a free perk not just for the affluent, but really for the affluent with multiple kids. Makes no sense.  But then [b]the key question is what to do at K when the at-risk kids added at PK and the other IB kids make the numbers untenable[/b]. [/quote]

Redraw the boundaries.[/quote]

Go to a city-wide lottery for all.  However, the folks who bought $1M tiny, unrenovated center-hall Colonials to be in the Janney district won't take kindly if their kids are assigned to the Mayor Marion Barry Learning Center in Ward 8.[/quote]

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