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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A few ways to reduce school overcrowding in Ward 3:

Reduce OOB slots and end sibling preference for OOB.  OOB students must have at least a B- average and a clean disciplinary record to advance to the next level (middle, high school).  OOB slots are a scarce resource and should go to the students who work hard and aren’t troublemakers.
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The OOB system was created in response to a series of court cases dealing with racial segregation. What you are proposing would violate the settlements of those cases.

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Screw that,  I don’t want my kid to go to a hopelessly overcrowded school.  And many of the OOB kids are white from east of the park.  At least one good thing about the conservative Supreme Court is that they are likely soon to gut affirmative action and a number of other race based preferences.[/quote]

It's not raced-based preference. The logic of the rulings was that all DC taxpayers pay for public schools, if a school has seats available then any DC resident is entitled to use those seats. Prior to the ruling DCPS would keep seats open in majority-white schools rather than let kids from outside the neighborhood use them.

The problem isn't OOB per se, it's that the feeder pyramids are unbalanced. More kids have the right to attend Jackson-Reed than it has capacity for. [/quote]

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