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[quote=Anonymous]While most OOB kid in my Ward 3 ES are from just EoP or Downtown, i.e. come from socio-economic background similar to the average IB family, there's also a few kids who commute from very disadvantaged neighborhoods.
I am very familiar with one, a boy, who has been in my younger kid's  class for the past two years (1st, 2nd grades). 
Despite the nice, inclusive (and unaware) attitude of his classmate, as a mother I can clearly see that this kid feels dis-integrated with the rest of the community: at bake sales, he's always the one who arrives at school without the pocket money for the cakes; at a school where 90% of kids bring food from home, he's the one served with school meals; at the class-parent reading day, this boy was the only kid with no parents attending. He never comes to birthday parties (I can ensure that he is indeed invited) nor has ever celebrated his birthday at school (normally kids bring cupcakes and juices on their birthday).  He was the only missing kids at the school recital (which was held at 6:00 pm); none of his parents ever came as a "surprise morning reader". I have the impression that he irregularly submits homework and I see that he often arrives at school late, running from the bus stop.  
This boy is very unhappy in my school. This boy belongs to a community which is miles away and hours away from our school. He belongs to there, where maybe his parents or other relatives could be a bit more involved and present in his activities, where he could be picked up , maybe once a week, by a parent or have a playdate after school, rather than being picked up by an old lady, who runs away with him soon after dismissal.
I found KH's message irritating. If the new ways to pursue integration she's referring to are OOB spots, than she's being naive and writing in bad faith. 
Parents in those Wards can compile lists of DCPS failures in local ES, which include , as we know, corruption and direct contracting of educational social services to friends and relatives without the necessary qualifications.
OOB rights, not only do nothing to solve those problems. They offer an escape route to a few kids and active parents to run away , and leave the local schools for the most marginal kids and families. But the landing of these kids to Upper NW schools is not always a soft landing or a happy ending story, as for the young boy in our class.

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