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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All the information is see here shows that the crowding is fixable by ending out of boundary enrollments. Either kill boundary-based rights and go to lottery (fairer than residential segregation but politically unrealistic) or end the out-of Lyndsey rights and put these kids into other neighborhood schools where their families’ presences can be transformative. People who want good schools need to be in our neighborhood schools and pushing for their success, not fighting for the last seat in Tenleytown. [/quote]

You keep repeating this theory that if OOB people are not allowed to enroll in currently acceptable schools that they will enroll in poor performing schools as an alternative however this argument has no basis in fact. People will continue to seek out higher performing schools whether they be charters or private or out of DC entirely. Very, very few people will sacrifice their children in hopes of "transforming" a school. It's just not going to happen.[/quote]

That wasn’t the case with Hardy. Families by and large opted in.

Also, if they go charter, they’re still DC tax base families. If private, even better as they pay taxes but don’t utilize services. Both cases free up space at Wilson. If they move, that’s a calculated measurement of which there will be someone to buy their home and replace them. So where exactly is the problem?[/quote]

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