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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A public MS or HS with Janney / Lafayette demographics in DC is politically and ethically unacceptable. Don't like it, leave.[/quote]

I get why it's politically unacceptable.  Why ethically?  You believe that neighborhood schools are unethical? [/quote] I believe in neighborhood public schools, but they are difficult to defend in DC if they become rich/white enclaves. Those who want neighborhood schools, I would suggest, should embrace diversity and think of structures that accomodate both neighborhood priority and diversity. As illustrated by Deal, it is possible to run a great MS based on a core of students from middle/upper middle class families in the neighborhood, mixed with 25-30% lower SES/OOB students. Keep that mix and invest in bringing other MSs up to par and you have a system that can generate broad buy in. Proposing a system that turns Deal and Wilson into reflections of the student demographics at Janney and Lafayette in advance of the development of other options will generate push back from the rest of the city, and give strength to those who want a more radical break from the system of neighborhood schools (as seen in San Francisco).[/quote]

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