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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But let's assume that most of the at risk kids would be applying for a limite number of good schools. These kids could easily take up most of the spots, especially if they get preference over siblings. A few schools would be overwhelmed meeting the needs of at risk kids.  Other families would be hesitant to apply if there is no sibling preferences.  This could lead to a good school becoming a not so good school thereby defeating the goal.[/quote]

It could be capped at a percentage of each school's population.  And a lot of at-risk kids don't lottery for the "good" schools.  They lottery for schools they prefer for various reasons including logistics.  [/quote]

But they might apply if they knew they had a preference. Is it legal to cap a number of at-risk kids?[/quote]

It would not be a cap to the number of at-risk kids. It would be a cap to the number of kids admitted through the at-risk preference in the lottery. Some schools already employ a similar cap for other preferences, such as children of staff.[/quote]

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