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[quote=Anonymous]One problem you have with using these measures is that in the poorer wards parents have been leaving DCPS and moving their kids into PCS, while the WOTP wards have full schools, because they succeed. Parents in bad schools don't want to stay put, while parents in good ones do.  That leaves occupancy/vacancy-related skews on per-pupil space and spending.[/quote]

Agree.  The per pupil formula is skewed because in schools with low enrollment- whether students opt out or because of capacity constraints (like Walls), it simply takes more money to fund those HS (or MS or ES) than a school like Wilson which will have a large budget and offer a lot because it has a lot of students and therefore a larger budget. What the city desperately needs is better MS and HS options- more magnets and special options that work for all wards. Deal and Wilson are over capacity and it looks like their boundaries will be changed because of overcrowding. Walls is over capacity and is merging with FSES even though that gives the HS almost no room for growth. It's just to make one budget and share positions between schools. DCPS is just putting out short term solutions to stop people moving to PCS but until there is no long term plan to address ALL the needs, it won't improve.

I understand OP wanting to breakaway because even if you are in a ward with good schools, you still have to deal with DCPS, and it is a perpetual challenge to make sure your child receives a quality education.[/quote]

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