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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I say chances are low.  I know DCUM forgets they exist, but there are other middle/high schools beyond Hardy Deal and Wilson.  There is no benefit for those schools to discontinue OOB feeder rights.  [/quote]

But my question is, if we eliminated out-of-boundary rights for middle school and high school, with the exception of at-risk students, how many would actually lose out? I have a strong sense that only Hardy, Deal, and Wilson would be affected.[/quote]

Your strong sense is wrong. Stuart-Hobson is 45% economically disadvantaged (a broader category than at-risk) but 75% OOB.

But it is also wrong to say there's no benefit for middle/high schools outside of Wilson feeders to ending OOB feeder rights. The current issue is that families like OP are leaving their IB elementary schools not so much because they dislike those schools but so they can get a more desired middle and high school. If OP and people like her didn't have that option, they would have stronger (in terms of numbers, test scores, and fundraising) upper elementary programs in their own neighborhoods, and some of those kids would continue on to their IB middle and high schools as well.

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