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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with the OP and think the way to resolve this is to end the feeder rights, while grandfathering in the students that are already at Deal or Wilson and their younger siblings. Yes, some students will lose out on when feeder rights end. Some students are going to lose out no matter which way you slice it, but all the other alternatives seem more unfair to me. I think a companion to this will be coming up with more resources to support failing schools in other parts of the city, even if it means allocating away some Deal/Wilson resources -- good staff, funding, whatever it takes. [/quote]

Deal and Wilson do not get extra funding.  They get standard per pupil funding and likely less than many other schools because they are not Title I schools.  Several failing high schools across the city have gotten renovations in excess of $100 million in cost, lack of funding is not the problem.  The key resource that Deal and Wilson have that is hard to replicate is the percentage of the student body that arrives prepared.  That is not a resource you can allocate to another school.  They need to find ways to make prepared students want to go to other schools.[/quote]

Yes, the kids are more prepared -- but also their families are more likely to have resources (in both time and money) to contribute to the school. Deal's annual PTA dues are $150/family; my kid's EOTP PTA dues are $35/family. More SAHMs means more people available to volunteer. Deal parents are probably more likely than those at, say, Sousa, to be able to prevail on their employers to make corporate contributions.

IMO the biggest source of educational inequality is the difference in how much parents are able to contribute to their child's school. Unfortunately, you can't exactly prevent parents from doing that -- investing your resources in your child is a fundamental part of being a parent.[/quote]

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