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You can't "spread around" strong students as if they were pawns in a chess game.  If DCPS went that route (or continues to go that route) then you'll stick with about 12,000 of the 42,000 students being on grade level – and they will tend to congregate west of the park – leaving the rest of the city fallow.  If you created selective admission schools and concentrated strong students in neighborhoods where they live then you'd increase the overall strength of the system and struggling students would benefit.

Keep in mind the higher a school’s proficiency, the less money it takes to operate.

I challenge you to find one parent that would select a 25% proficient school over a 75% proficient school.  Even parents of struggling students want their children surrounded by lots of smart kids - it stretches them up.

As a parent I don’t view my child’s primary role as a vehicle to fix a struggling school system – I have one chance to get it right and come hell or high water I will make it happen.  If I can help improve the system and simultaneously provide my children with solid education, then sign me up and  let’s get cracking ‘cause we got work to do.
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I am the original "Spread around" poster - and I intended it as an example of a very bad idea.  Sorry it was misunderstood.  Maybe it's an indication of how much we've come to expect to hear really bad ideas about how to improve our schools[/quote]

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