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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There seems to be a lot of negativity when mentioning out of boundary students. Sometimes out of boundary students are from the same or adjacent ward.  Ward 6 has two citywide DCPS elementary schools. It seems like it is time to have a great citywide school in each ward, quadrant, or some other cluster of schools.  There seems to be consumer interest based on waitlists at schools.[/quote]

Both of the citywide schools (SWS and CHM@L) became “great” because they were filled with middle and upper income families fleeing Watkins and to a lesser extent, other Capitol Hill elementary schools. IB for Watkins parents used to get a preference at SWS.

Watkins still has not recovered from the brain drain from those two schools (and charters like TR 4th).

Don’t screw other IB schools. [/quote]

You could say the same about the OOB program in general. It destabilizes the schools it leaves behind. But the answer isn't to take away people's options, it's to make their local schools more attractive. [/quote]

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